bousy

[ boo-zee, bou- ]

adjective

1. intoxicated; drunk; boozy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bousy¹

First recorded in 1520–30; bouse ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

In his cups the bousy poet songs.

From Project Gutenberg

A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy.

From Project Gutenberg

The verb to booze, boose, or bouse, meaning "to drink immoderately," and the adjective boozy, boosy, or bousy, meaning "drunken," are by no means new to our language, Dryden having written the form bousy in some of his verses; but booze as a noun signifying "liquor" is certainly too vulgar a word for constant employment in any formal literary composition.

From Project Gutenberg

M m M was once a little mouse, Mousy, Bousy, Sousy, Mousy, In the housy, Little mouse!

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M m M was once a little mouse, Mousy, Bousy, Sousy, Mousy, In the housy, Little mouse!

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