Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Nearly drunk; rather tipsy.
  • Fit to drink; drinkable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Fit to drink; potable.
  • adjective obsolete Nearly drunk; tipsy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Fit to drink; potable.
  • adjective obsolete Nearly drunk; tipsy.

Etymologies

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Latin potulentus, from potus a drinking, drink, from potare to drink.

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