SQUIFFY

besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet

(adjective) very drunk

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Unknown; possibly coined in the 19th century.

Adjective

squiffy (comparative squiffier, superlative squiffiest)

(British, informal) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy

(British, informal) Crooked, askew; awry

Synonyms

• (tipsy): buzzed, merry, muzzy, squiffed; see also drunk

• (crooked): cattywampus, cockeyed, skew-whiff; see also askew

Source: Wiktionary


Squif"fy, a.

Definition: Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] Kipling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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