Tiddled

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Having consumed a small amount of alcohol such that one feels mildly intoxicated ; slightly tipsy or lightheaded from drinking ; exhibiting a state of minor drunkenness or slight impairment due to alcohol consumption
2. Being somewhat drunk or buzzed without severe intoxication ; affected by alcohol in a way that causes mild euphoria or cheerfulness ; displaying behavior influenced by slight drinking
3. Experiencing a gentle sense of drunkenness from modest alcohol intake ; showing signs of a mild alcoholic buzz ; in a condition of low-level intoxication that affects mood or coordination mildly

Etymology: "Tiddled" is the past tense of "tiddle," a verb meaning to drink a little too much and become mildly tipsy. Its ancestor is "tidder," a word for a drunken or tipsy state, and "tiddle" appears to be a variant form of it. Tidder itself is linked to "tid," an older English word of uncertain origin that is no longer in everyday use. The story is mostly one of obscure dialect and slang rather than a grand literary history, and the trail of its earlier forms is thin. What survives is a short, cheerful word with a clear family resemblance to its parent, a word built for describing the pleasantly fuzzy stage just before someone is properly drunk.