a1795 T. Campbell Diary (1854) 19 We went to the Coffee house in the evening, where almost all the Gownsmen we saw were tipsy... The next night also, we went to another Coffee house, and there the scene was only shifted, all muzzy.

1795 J. O'Keeffe Irish Mimic i. ii. 21 With glass of wine we'll cheer our woe, And wipe our muzzy faces.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. v. 45 His muzzy, whiskified brain.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. lix. 333 Leather, though somewhat muzzy, was sufficiently sober to be able to deliver this message.

1892 J. Payn Mod. Dick Whittington II. 133 He was ‘muzzy’ in the morning; he was ‘elevated’ in the afternoon; but at six o'clock, punctually, he was drunk.

1910 N.Z. Truth 16 Apr. 1 His Worship: ‘Was the accused sober?’ Witness: ‘Well, he looked muzzy.’ His Worship: ‘What do you mean by that?’ Witness: ‘He looked either drunk or a shingle short.’

1956 O. Welles Mr. Arkadin ii. iv. 128 The abandon of a woman..whose head was muzzy with the champagne.

1981 M. Keane Good Behaviour xxxiv. 228 He didn't take in what I was saying, a bit muzzy probably after all that port and brandy.

1781 J. Bentham Let. 10 Sept. (1971) III. 72 She is very sensible, has great good nature in her, and is altogether one of the sweetest pictures to look at you ever saw: we shall muzzy enough I doubt when she is gone.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 104 He wad muzzy aboot fer days wi' hardly ivver a word fer t'cat.