Tipsify

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make tipsy. colloquial, transitive

    "... as for Miss Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt's, on the day Amelia went away, she was in such a passion of tears that they were obliged to send for Dr. Floss, and half tipsify her with sal volatile"

Example

More examples

"... as for Miss Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt's, on the day Amelia went away, she was in such a passion of tears that they were obliged to send for Dr. Floss, and half tipsify her with sal volatile"

Etymology

From tipsy + -fy.

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