Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tipsy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tipsy \Tip"sy\, a. [Compar. {Tipsier}; superl. {Tipsiest}.]
[Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst
drunk, tipsy. See {Tipple}.]
1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak
or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely
drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tipsy
adj : slang for `drunk' [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto},
{crocked}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed}, {pissed},
{pixilated}, {plastered}, {potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed},
{smashed}, {soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff},
{tiddly}, {tiddley}, {tight}, {wet}]
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