blotto

Definition

(Very) drunk or intoxicated.

Etymology

From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out.

Example Sentences

• "Dear old Squiffy was always rather a lad for the wassail-bowl. When I met him in Paris, I remember, he was quite tolerably blotto."
• "I drank a lot of wine – and afterwards, at Les Vikings, Akvavit – and was completely blotto (well, not completely, but enough to talk a lot and get the Hungarian talking and not be bored)."
• "I stayed home for a couple days and got blotto four times. I did the usual bad drunk routine; cried a lot, moaned about my life."