un sauced

sauced

[sawst]
adjective Slang.
intoxicated; drunk.

Origin:
probably blend of soused and sauce (in sense “liquor”)

un·sauced, adjective
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sauce
1350, from O.Fr. sauce, sausse, from noun use of L. salsa, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of salsus "salted," from pp. of Old L. sallere "to salt," from sal (gen. salis) "salt" (see salt). Meaning "something which adds piquancy to words or actions" is recorded from c.1500; sense of
"impertinence" first recorded 1835 (see saucy, and cf. sass). Slang meaning "liquor" first attested 1940. Colloquial saucebox "one addicted to making saucy remarks" is from 1588.
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Un sauced is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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sauced definition


  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : She went out and got herself sauced.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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