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groggy

UK/ˈɡɹɒ.ɡi/US/ˈɡɹɑ.ɡi/
adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,662 of 15,258leans spoken

Groggy means dazed and unsteady on your feet. Feel groggy, groggy from sleep, still groggy.

It describes the state after waking, after anaesthetic or after a blow — the body is working and the mind is a step behind. The word comes from grog, the watered rum served in the Royal Navy, which was named after an admiral who wore a grogram cloak and ordered the ration diluted.

Definitions of groggy

  1. 1adjectivegroggyDazed and unsteady on your feet.B2+

    “I felt groggy for hours after the anaesthetic.”

groggy is a state of dazedness.

Where it comes from

From grog + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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