tipsy
adj/ˈtɪp.si/
Etymology From tips + -y. Compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.
1
Informal, Slang Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
- I was too tipsy to protest.2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 41:
2
Unsteady, askew.
- Synonyms
- buzzed, merry, squiffy, off-kilter, precarious, tottering, wobbly, rickety
- Derived terms
- tipsify, tipsily, tipsiness, tipsy cake, tipsy key, tipsy laird, untipsy