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tipsiness

tipsiness

5.6
A light feeling of being a little drunk after drinking alcohol
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪp.si.nəs/
  • Informal
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  • Despite his tipsiness, he managed to keep a steady laugh and dance with his friends.

Examples

  • He remembers when he was Mary Beth's age, when he'd be sitting somewhere like this on a weekend, a man beside him, slipping slowly into an amiable tipsiness.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Diego's tipsiness is a little out of character, but hey, it's his wedding day and a little champagne never hurt anyone.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • It's slightly vertiginous, causing a mild dizziness that goes well with gold flake cocktail-induced tipsiness.

    Blog text (13)

  • At the party, her tipsiness made her giggle at everything everyone said.

  • After a few drinks, I could feel a pleasant tipsiness starting to wash over me.

Synonyms

drunkenness
vstipsiness
20 4.4

A state of being very drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is a milder state with only slight impairment
intoxication
vstipsiness
11 5.1

A temporary state when alcohol makes you lose control of your body and mind

is milder causing only slight physical or mental change
inebriation
vstipsiness
  • Formal
3 7.6

Being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is a milder short lived loss of balance and control
inebriety
vstipsiness
  • Formal
1 9.9

A state of being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is milder and brief caused by only a small amount
insobriety
vstipsiness
9.9

A state of being drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is milder and brief showing only small alcohol effects

Antonyms

sobriety
49 4.6

A state of not drinking alcohol or using drugs

How Drunk

intoxication
11 5.1
drunkenness
20 4.4
tipsiness
  • Informal
5.6

Surface Forms

tipsiness singular
tipsinesses plural

Morphology

tipsiness = tipsy (transparent) = tipsy + ness

Formed by the adjective 'tipsy' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ness', yielding the expected noun 'state of being slightly drunk'.

Etymology

The word tipsiness comes from tipsy, which likely comes from the old verb tip meaning 'to tilt' or 'to tip over'. A helpful image is a person slightly leaning or 'tilting' after a drink, so tipsiness is that light, slightly drunk feeling.