Lushy

//ˈlʌ.ʃi// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Given to drinking alcohol.

    "Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!"

  2. 2
    Drunk; tipsy.
  3. 3
    Lush; growing abundantly.

    "A foreground of lushy meadow-grass, intersected by a streamlet, the light of an afternoon-sun glistening amid the foliage, which occupies two-thirds of the background; […]"

Synonyms

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afflictedalcoholicbentbibaciousbibulousboozy

Example

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"Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!"

Etymology

From lush + -y.

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