woozy

woozy
woozily, adv.wooziness, n.
/wooh"zee, wooz"ee/, adj., woozier, wooziest.
1. stupidly confused; muddled: woozy from a blow on the head.
2. physically out of sorts, as with dizziness, faintness, or slight nausea: He felt woozy after the flu.
3. drunken.
[1895-1900, Amer.; perh. short for boozy-woozy, rhyming compound based on BOOZY]

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