adj. (common).—Excited with drink; ‘in one’s altitudes’; BOOZED. For synonyms, see DRINKS and SCREWED.

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  1791.  BURNS, Tam o’ Shanter.

        Kings may be blest, but Tam was GLORIOUS,
O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious!

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  1853.  THACKERAY, Barry Lyndon, ch. xviii., p. 252. I knew nothing of the vow, or indeed of the tipsy frolic which was the occasion of it; I was taken up GLORIOUS, as the phrase is, by my servants, and put to bed.

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  1891.  Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette, 9 Feb. But as they all began to get GLORIOUS, personalities became more frequent and very much stronger.

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