lushy

English

Etymology

From lush +‎ -y.

Adjective

lushy (comparative lushier, superlative lushiest)

1. Given to drinking alcohol.
   • 1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book:

     Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!

2. Drunk; tipsy.
3. Lush; growing abundantly.
   • 1866, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Review:

     A foreground of lushy meadow-grass, intersected by a streamlet, the light of an afternoon-sun glistening amid the foliage, which occupies two-thirds of the background; […]

Synonyms

• (given to drinking alcohol): alcoholic, bibacious, bibulous, boozy, sottish
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk