soused

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
souse /saʊs/

▶verb

• 1 soak in or drench with liquid.

• 2 (often as adj. soused) put (gherkins, fish, etc.) in pickle or a marinade: soused herring.

• 3 (as adj. soused) informal drunk.

▶noun

• 1 liquid used for pickling.

  ■ N. Amer. & W. Indian pickled food, especially a pig's feet or ears.

• 2 informal a drunkard.

– origin ME: from OFr. sous ‘pickle’, of Gmc origin; rel. to salt.