boozy

[boo-zee]

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adjective, booz·i·er, booz·i·est.

drunken; intoxicated.
addicted to liquor.

Origin of boozy

First recorded in 1520–30; booze + -y¹

Related formsbooz·i·ly, adverbbooz·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for boozy

Contemporary Examples

I walk into the lounge area of the airport and promptly receive a glass of champagne and a boozy stamp in my passport.
Join The Mile High (Dining) Club
Allison McNearney
September 26, 2014
The idea for a pageant came from a boozy conversation with girlfriends.
And the Wiener Is…My Trip to Brooklyn’s Smallest Penis Pageant
Tessa Miller
June 16, 2014
The young Royals have descended on Memphis, with visits to Graceland and boozy partying keeping the paparazzi happy.
Lizzy Wilson, The American Heiress Who Brought Harry to Memphis
Tom Sykes
May 3, 2014
From fine dining to alternative (and boozy) art tours, get a little culture before football madness begins.
A Super Bowl Culture Pregame: How to Hack NYC’s Art Museums
Justin Jones
January 27, 2014
The great American novelist's boozy writings are compiled in a new collection reviewed by Jimmy So.
America's Drunkest Writer
Jimmy So
July 17, 2011

Historical Examples

No sense in argy'in' with a gun an' a boozy bluffer at the other end of it.
Rimrock Trail
J. Allan Dunn
He wouldn't for the world do anything to shock you, would He, Boozy dear?
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
George Bernard Shaw
He got to his feet and rolled about the room, like a boozy sailor, puffing out volumes of smoke and muttering beneath his breath.
Hidden Gold
Wilder Anthony
Our men said they kept sober in order to strip the boozy sailor of his money, by gambling.
A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed.
Benjamin Waterhouse
He approached her, smiling, and with boozy eyes, in order to put his arm round her neck.
Skipper Worse
Alexander Lange Kielland

British Dictionary definitions for boozy

boozy

adjective boozier or booziest

informal inclined to or involving excessive drinking of alcohol; drunkena boozy lecturer; a boozy party

Derived Formsbooziness, noun

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Word Origin and History for boozy

adj.

"inebriated," 1719, from booze + -y (2). It was one of Benjamin Franklin's 225 synonyms for "drunk" published in 1722. Related: Boozily; booziness.

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Examples from the Web for boozy

Contemporary Examples

I walk into the lounge area of the airport and promptly receive a glass of champagne and a boozy stamp in my passport.

The idea for a pageant came from a boozy conversation with girlfriends.

The young Royals have descended on Memphis, with visits to Graceland and boozy partying keeping the paparazzi happy.

From fine dining to alternative (and boozy) art tours, get a little culture before football madness begins.

The great American novelist's boozy writings are compiled in a new collection reviewed by Jimmy So.

Historical Examples

No sense in argy'in' with a gun an' a boozy bluffer at the other end of it.

He wouldn't for the world do anything to shock you, would He, Boozy dear?

He got to his feet and rolled about the room, like a boozy sailor, puffing out volumes of smoke and muttering beneath his breath.

Our men said they kept sober in order to strip the boozy sailor of his money, by gambling.

He approached her, smiling, and with boozy eyes, in order to put his arm round her neck.

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Word Origin and History for boozy

adj.

Origin of boozy