Meaning of besozzlement | Babel Free

Definitions

A state of intoxication; drunkenness.

UK, informal, rare, uncountable

Examples

“One group has reached a quietly maudlin stage of besozzlement.”

“Tex Mex II proffers authentically fun Texican fare with an element of theatricality that brightens the face with a smile and the contented glaze of Tequila besozzlement.”

“This news of his death, though, has shattered me. The memory that replays itself dates from 19 years ago; we’d stumbled into my apartment to crash after an all-night drunken adventure, and in his besozzlement he found himself unable to remove his contact lenses.”

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