Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being tipsy; partial intoxication; inebriation.
Wiktionary
- n. The property of being tipsy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state of being tipsy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Examples
“In the midst of my tipsiness, I felt someone looking at me.”
The Huffington Post: It Happened to Me: I Told My Boyfriend I Was Born a Boy
“Drunkenness is a disgrace in Italy, and even tipsiness deemed embarrassing.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Dry Character of Italian Social Life
“Besides, as luck would have it, Fortini, always the cold one, always the tireless - wristed, always sure and long, as report had it, in going about such tipsiness, on this night elected too the quick and brilliant.”
“In his journal, he had documented the various stages from the first buzz, through tipsiness, to complete inebriation.”
“By making sobriety seem just as enjoyable as tipsiness, it makes responsible choices look cool.”
“So eat at the party, but do not let your holiday tipsiness allow you to binge.”
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent: How To Survive A Holiday Hangover
“After awhile they recovered from their tipsiness and were aware of having fallen into a grave dilemma, but knew not by what device to extricate themselves.”
“But the old “bear” was by no means inclined to put off the long-expected battle; he was too well prepared to turn his tipsiness to good account.”
“Item: a dessert composed of eleven delicate dishes, among which we remarked (in spite of the tipsiness caused by sixteen bottles of the choicest wines) a compote of peaches of august and mirobolant delicacy.”
“As ill luck would have it, too, they were tipsy, and against tipsiness I have often found the best calculations of play fail entirely.”
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