bevvied

adjective

bev·​vied ˈbe-vēd 

variants or bevvied up

British, informal

: drunk, intoxicated

He's pretty bevvied. His whisper is hard, an ah can smell the whisky oan his breath.

—Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, 1993

… they could go out on the town all weekend and get bevvied and their parents never knew.

—Kate Muir, West Coast, 2008

… the crowd of more than 73,000 gathered to get bevvied up, put their money down and roar home their fancies …

—Barry Glendenning, "Aintree", The Observer (England), 10 Apr. 2011

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of bevvy entry 2

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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