tipsy

English

Etymology

tip (“upset”) + -s- (“(interconsonantal)”) +‎ -y (“quality”). The -s- is for euphony (sound) following a plosive – compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĭpʹsē, IPA: /ˈtɪp.si/, SAMPA: /"tIp.si/

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• Rhymes: -ɪpsi

Adjective

tipsy (comparative tipsier, superlative tipsiest)

1. slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
2. (metonymy) unsteady, askew

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:drunk

Derived terms

• tipsy cake

Translations

slightly drunk

Chinese: 有點醉 (cmn), 有点醉 (cmn) (yǒudiǎnzuì), 微醉的 (cmn) (wēizuìde) Dutch: aangeschoten (nl), tipsy (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: huppelissa, juovuksissa French: éméché (fr) m., égayé (fr) m., gris (fr) m., pompette (fr) m. and f. German: angeheitert, beschwipst Italian: brillo (it) m., brilla (it) f. Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Norwegian: brisen (no) Portuguese: ligeiramente embriagado (pt), alto (pt) m. Romanian: beat (ro) Russian: подвыпивший (ru) (podvýpivšij) Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhisgeach (gd) Spanish: achispado (es) Swedish: lätt berusad, dragen, salongsberusad

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967