fuddle means intoxication. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 70 out of 100.
fuddle is pronounced /ˈfʌdəl/.
Etymology
Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).
noun
- Intoxication.
- Intoxicating drink; liquor.
- Muddle, confusion.
- A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.“Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too.”
verb
- To confuse or befuddle.“She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food”
- To intoxicate.“If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […]”
- To become intoxicated; to get drunk.“Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!”