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besozzlement en · NOUN

Etymology

From be- + sozzle + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (UK, informal, rare, uncountable) A state of intoxication; drunkenness.
    • One group has reached a quietly maudlin stage of besozzlement. 1934, Theodora Benson, Chip, Chip, My Little Horse: The Story of an Air-holiday, page 34:
    • 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. 2023 May 13, Van Badham, “The culture of mistrust is bleeding into our personal lives. No wonder there’s a sex recession”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • 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. 2011 February 23, Ben Kendall, “Tex Mex II”, in The Journal, number XLIV, University of Edinburgh, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025, page 20: