WORD OF THE DAY: BLOOTERED

BLOOTERED
also BLUITERT
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ADJ.
very drunk; intoxicated ...1820 colloq., orig. Eng. dial., now chiefly Sc. & Irish

ETYMOLOGY
from either blooter (vb. to act or work in a bungling manner, to blunder; to talk foolishly) + -ed,
or from blooter (n. a fool, an oaf, a blunderer) + -ed

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1820 - see EXAMPLE below

EXAMPLE
"...Ther was geapin an starin, 'mang aw maks--
``Aa! gies ty fist, Ellik! how's tou?''
``Wey, aw bais'd, an bluitert, an queerish;
We'll tek a drop gud mountain dew..."
From: The Poetical Works of Robert Anderson
- Robert Anderson
"Carel Fair"