adjective
-·fier, -·fi·estBrit., Informal drunk; intoxicated
also squiffed
Origin of squiffy
from dialect, dialectal skew-whiff, askew, tipsy + -ysquiffy
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squiffy
adjective
squif·fi·er, squif·fi·est Chiefly British SlangIntoxicated; drunk.
Origin of squiffy
Alteration of skew-whiff askew -y 1THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative squiffier, superlative squiffiest)
- (UK) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy
- Crooked, askew; awry
Origin
Unknown, possibly coined in the 19th century
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