whiskeyful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From whiskey +‎ -ful.

Adjective[edit]

whiskeyful (comparative more whiskeyful, superlative most whiskeyful)

  1. (rare) Full of whiskey; made with wiskey; having drunk a lot of whiskey.
    • 1908, T. W. H. Crosland, The Unspeakable Scot, London: Stanley Paul & Co., page 165:
      “Scots Wha Hae” is a poor song to sing in the circumstances, and as For “My Ain Kind Dearie O,” she probably fumes at home and is not in the least kind in her welcoming of her whiskeyful lord.
    • 2007, Jackie Rose, Caroline Angel, The Newly Non-Drinking Girl's Guide to Pregnancy: Advice and Support for Surviving 40 Weeks without a Cosmopolitan, Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 62:
      A sexless night in your city would have kept you from having to turn down real drinks to begin with, right? Oh well. You might as well celebrate your current state with what many say is a dead-ringer for the whiskeyful original.