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tipsy

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tip⋅sy

  [tip-see]
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–adjective, -si⋅er, -si⋅est.
1. slightly intoxicated or drunk.
2. characterized by or due to intoxication: a tipsy lurch.
3. tipping, unsteady, or tilted, as if from intoxication.
Origin:
1570–80; tip 2 or obs. tip strong drink (perh. back formation from tipple 1 ) + -sy. Compare obs. bumpsy in same sense

Related forms:
tip⋅si⋅ly, adverb
tip⋅si⋅ness, noun
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tip·sy   (tĭp'sē)   
adj.   tip·si·er, tip·si·est

  1. Slightly intoxicated.

  2. Unsteady or crooked.


[From tip2.]
tip'si·ly adv., tip'si·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

tipsy 
1577, from tip (v.1); later associated with tipple. Tipsy-cake (1806) was cake saturated with wine or liquor.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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