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▪ I. boozy, a.1|ˈbuːzɪ|
[f. booze n. + -y1.]
1. Showing the effects of boozing or intoxication; influenced or affected by much drinking.
a1529[see bousy]. 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) II. 297 All flustered and boozy, the drunken Old Sot. 1829Southey Ep. Annivers. 18 Leaving behind it in the boozy eyes A swoln and red suffusion, glazed and dim. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago II. 237 Helplessly boozy from the first.
2. Addicted or given up to boozing; drunken.
1592[see bousy]. 1801Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) III. 145 A tedious morning, a great dinner, a boozy afternoon, and dull evening. 1865Sat. Rev. 4 Feb. 145/1 A boozy opium-eating Afghan.
Hence ˈbooziness.
1863Hawthorne Old Home II. 63 Poor Bozzy's booziness would appear to have become hereditary in his ancient line.
▪ II. boozy
var. of bouzy, a. bulky, corpulent. |