groggy



groggy

1. mod. tired; in a stupor. (Standard but having a slangy history. From a term for rum as drunk aboard ship, derived from the nickname grog, belonging to Admiral Edward Vernon.) I’m still groggy by ten in the morning.
2. and groggified (ˈgrɔgifɑɪd) mod. alcohol intoxicated. He was too groggified to drive.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Aelig;&Eth;Elm&Aelig;R-Anglo-Saxon
Edwinaed-WEEN-ə, ed-WIN-əEnglish
Kamalani-Hawaiian
Iair-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Waleryvah-LE-riPolish
Mechtildemekht-IL-dəGerman