tipsy

adjective, tip·si·er, tip·si·est.

1. slightly intoxicated or drunk.
2. characterized by or due to intoxication: a tipsy lurch.
3. tipping, unsteady, or tilted, as if from intoxication.

adjective -sier or -siest

1. slightly drunk
2. slightly tilted or tipped; askew

adj.1570s, from tip (v.1); later associated with tipple. Tipsy-cake (1806) was cake saturated with wine or liquor.