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Definition of Boozy
1. Adjective. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol. "Sottish behavior"
Similar to: Drunk, Inebriated, Intoxicated
Derivative terms: Booze, Drunkenness, Sottishness, Sottishness
Definition of Boozy
1. a. A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy.
Definition of Boozy
1. Adjective. (context: of a person) intoxicated by alcohol ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of an event) Involving a large consumption of alcohol ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boozy
1. drunken [adj BOOZIER, BOOZIEST] : BOOZILY [adv] - See also: drunken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boozy
Literary usage of Boozy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tramp Trip: How to See Europe on Fifty Cents a Day by Lee Meriwether (1886)
"THE boozy LOVER.—MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL CUSTOMS. THE stranger entering Heidelberg
is apt to think there has been a bloody riot, ..."
2. Smoking and Drinking by James Parton (1868)
"through the midst, vainly endeavoring to extract from boozy passengers, whether
they were going " through," or desired to be dropped on the way. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas, and by Peregrine Bingham, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1831)
"... parcel thereof, used as a boozy pasture,) commenced on and from the 25th of
March 1825 ; and the tenancy of the Plaintiff of and in the said close, ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A branch or tree that is rich in foliage is said to have a boozy top, Galloway.
4. Big, swelling, distended, expanded; Loth. Himself wi' penches staw'd, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Joseph Payne (1832)
"... a boozy pasture,) as such tenant thereof as aforesaid, until and upon Lady-
day, in the year 1830, when his said tenancy of and in all the said closes, ..."
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