Etymology
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sozzled (adj.)

"drunk," 1886, from sozzle "to mix or mingle sloppily" (1836).

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Cecil 

masc. proper name, from Latin Caecilius (fem. Caecilia), name of a Roman gens, from caecus "blind" (see caecum).

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intoxicated (adj.)

1550s, "poisoned;" 1570s, "drunk," past-participle adjective from intoxicate (v.).

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must (n.3)

"male elephant frenzy," 1878, from earlier adjective (1855), from Urdu mast "intoxicated, in rut," from Persian mast, literally "intoxicated," related to Sanskrit matta- "drunk, intoxicated," past participle of madati "boils, bubbles, gets drunk," from PIE root *mad- "wet, moist" (see mast (n.2)).

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pissed (adj.)

1929, "drunk," past-participle adjective from piss (v.). From 1946 as "angry," from piss off.

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connivent (adj.)

1640s, "willfully blind or tolerant," from Latin conniventem (nominative connivens), present participle of connivere "to wink," hence, "to wink at (a crime), be secretly privy" (see connive). In natural history, "having a gradually inward direction, gradually convergent," 1757.

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beery (adj.)

"resembling or caused by beer; partially drunk," 1837, from beer (n.) + -y (2). Related: Beerily; beeriness.

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lit (adj.)

"illuminated; afire," past-participle adjective from light (v.2). Slang meaning "drunk" is recorded from 1914.

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sightless (adj.)

"lacking sight, blind," late 13c., from sight (n.) + -less. Also sometimes, mainly in poetry, "invisible, unseeable" (1580s). Related: Sightlessly; sightlessness.

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hammered (adj.)

1530s, past-participle adjective from hammer (v.). As a slang synonym for "drunk," attested by 1986.

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