noun
Meaning 1
The property of being tipsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tipsiness
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noun
Meaning 2
a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, insobriety
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temporary state
Narrower terms: grogginess, sottishness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tipsy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tipsiness From tipsy + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: goguette — the property of being tipsy
- French: griserie — the property of being tipsy
- Ido: ebrieteso — the property of being tipsy
- Irish: bogmheisce — the property of being tipsy
- Polish: rausz — the property of being tipsy
- Polish: gazik — the property of being tipsy
- Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhisg — the property of being tipsy