half-seas over

[ haf-seez, hahf- ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.

half seas over

adjective

1. informal.
   drunk

Word History and Origins

Origin of half-seas over¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

Garibaldi replied that he had already been half-seas over, but would not object to another cruise.

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He said he had traveled half-seas over, "on his face," and would now travel the other half on a vessel.

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He's safe enough, I have fairly entered him, and he's more than half seas over already.

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T wa'n't none o' yer sober perfumes nuther, but kind o' half-seas-over all the time, an' pooty consid'able in the wind.

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He noticed some of the men were half seas over and all were jolly.

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Related Words

• glazed
• stewed