sozzled
adjUK /ˈsɒzl̩d/
- I heard heavy breathing. A cork left its bottle with a pop. A pause. Then a voice remarked: "Gin, blast it! T'hell with gin!" There followed a shattering crash. The voice gave a sozzled chuckle. "Thash th'mirror. Wash good of mirrors anyway?" Another cork popped.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 22: