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, 1791Sir 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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