kisky

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪski/
• Rhymes: -ɪski

Adjective

kisky (comparative more kisky, superlative most kisky)

1. (slang) Drunk.
   • 2011, Pamela Haines, The Kissing Gate:

     Another of the cousins said to Paul in an aside: 'He was very kisky last night. The drink always shuts him up — […]

   • 2019, Sarah Knott, Mother: An Unconventional History, page xxxix:

     If they had a lot to drink, they might be kisky, flying high, paralysed, boozed, or drunk as a lord, an emperor or a fish.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary