elevated

elevated
   drunk
   From the feeling induced at a certain stage of drunkenness:
    Johnson, (who, from drinking only water, supposed every body who drank wine to be elevated.) I won't argue any more with you, Sir. You are too far gone. (J. Boswell, 1791 — Sir Joshua Reynolds not unnaturally took offence at this sally)
   If, in Britain, you are elevated to the peerage, it does not necessarily mean you are drunk as a lord.
   There is also a rare use of elevation for drunkenness.

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