peloothered
English
Etymology
Possibly from Hiberno-English, a humorous, dialectal corruption of blootered or polluted, originating with James Joyce (1882-1941).
Adjective
peloothered
- (rare, informal) Drunk, thoroughly intoxicated.
- 1914, James Joyce, "Grace" in Dubliners:
- "How did it happen at all?"
- "It happened that you were peloothered, Tom," said Mr. Cunningham gravely.
- 1988, Frederick Exley, Last Notes from Home, →ISBN, (Google books online):
- By this time Jimmy was working himself into such a state—he'd already told me “I'm peloothered, lurve, bleeding peloothered”—that I felt he'd be unable to proceed.
- 2015 March 17, Paul Anthony Jones, "17 Words Invented By James Joyce," Huffington Post (retrieved 29 Sep 2015):
- If you're peloothered then you're very, very drunk.
- 1914, James Joyce, "Grace" in Dubliners:
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:drunk
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