er meshtey
Manx
Alternative forms
- er-mestey
Etymology
Literally ‘on drunkenness’.
Adjective
er meshtey (predicative only)
- drunk, intoxicated
- Laa er meshtey, laa er ushtey.
- A day of boozing, a day on water.
- T'eh er meshtey.
- He's drunk.
- V'eh daa hreen er meshtey.
- He was three parts drunk.
Synonyms
- meshtoil