Etymology

fox-drunk

Today it means: Crafty and sneaky when drunk. Full definition →

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The story

Coined in 1592 by Thomas Nashe in Pierce Penniless, His supplication to the Divell as one of eight types of drunkard named after different animals.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.