Meanings
comparative more nimptopsical · superlative most nimptopsical
- humorousDrunk.
I may be staggerish, stewed, pidgeon-eyed, nimptopsical […] But drunk, no madam. Not drunk.
2010, Nell Leyshon, Bedlam (play), London: Oberon Books Ltd, unnumbered page2 more examples
I hope it proves useful to all those in AUE who occasionally get nimptopsical (one of 227 synonyms listed by Benjamin Franklin).
2004 November 13, Mickwick, “rounder”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet)You showed up at my wedding nimptopsical, and you expect me to cook you up something fresh? You're lucky you've got anything at all.
2016, Regina Jennings, For the Record, Minneapolis, M.N.: Bethany House, →ISBN, page 325Synonyms: Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDrunk.
Origin
Defined in the 1737 Drinker's Dictionary, but there is no evidence that the word was in use until recently.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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