tiddly
adjective/ˈtɪdli/
/ˈtɪdli/
(British English, informal)- slightly drunk
- I feel a bit tiddly.
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- very small synonym tiny
- All I got to eat was a tiddly little biscuit.
Word Originsense 1 mid 19th cent. (as a noun denoting an alcoholic drink, particularly of spirits): perhaps from slang tiddlywink, denoting an unlicensed public house. The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.sense 2 mid 19th cent.: variant of colloquial tiddy, of unknown origin.
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