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Definition of Tipsiness
1. Noun. A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
Generic synonyms: Temporary State
Specialized synonyms: Grogginess, Sottishness
Derivative terms: Drunken, Inebriate, Inebriate, Intoxicate, Intoxicate, Tipsy
Antonyms: Soberness
Definition of Tipsiness
1. n. The state of being tipsy.
Definition of Tipsiness
1. Noun. The property of being tipsy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tipsiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tipsiness
Literary usage of Tipsiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A dictionary of the German terms used in medicine by George Rogers Cutter (1879)
"slight degree of intoxication, tipsiness. Rauschen, vn (aux. haben &• sein) to
intoxicate; to murmur. Rauschig, a., intoxicated, inebriated ; rushing, ..."
2. The Oxford Book of American Essays by Brander Matthews (1914)
"The gradual action of the wine upon Don Annibal, the delicacy with which his
deepening tipsiness was indicated, its intellectual rather than physical ..."
3. Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One by William Baptiste Scoones (1880)
"... but because tipsiness has, and has always, one unpleasant effect — that of
making me talk very extravagantly ; and as, when sober, I talk extravagantly ..."
4. Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One by William Baptiste Scoones (1880)
"... but becau-i tipsiness has, and has always, one unpleasant effect—that of making
me talk very extravagantly ; and as, when sober, I talk extravagantly ..."
5. Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One by William Baptiste Scoones (1893)
"... but because tipsiness has, and has always, one unpleasant effect—that of making
me talk very extravagantly; and as, when sober, I talk extravagantly ..."
6. Selected English Letters by Claude Moore Fuess (1914)
"... but because tipsiness has, and has always, one unpleasant effect — that of
making me talk very extravagantly ; and as, when sober, I talk extravagantly ..."
7. William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries by Charles Kegan Paul (1876)
"... but because tipsiness has, and has always, one unpleasant effect—that of making
me talk very extravagantly; and as, when sober, I talk extravagantly ..."
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