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FUDDLING
Verb
fuddling
present participle of fuddle
Noun
fuddling (countable and uncountable, plural fuddlings)
intoxication from alcohol
Source: Wiktionary
FUDDLE
Fud"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p., Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fuddling.] Etym: [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. Fuzzle.]
Definition: To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [Colloq.] I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. Steele.
Fud"dle, v. i.
Definition: To drink to excess. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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