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acanthopteried adj. Of a drinker: spiny-finned in motion, with every correction producing another angle. Jilissa went acanthopteried across the hall, her arms providing more surface than control. acanthopteroctetided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired mothlike navigation, repeatedly circling the nearest light. Lashundra became acanthopteroctetided and orbited the stairwell lamp instead of going home. acanthopterygianed (/ˌæk.ænˌθɑp.təˈɹɪd͡ʒ.i.n̩d/) adj. Drunk in a way that gives every course of the evening fins, scales, and a determined route for home. Akul spent the last round circling the coat stand, thoroughly acanthopterygianed and looking for the river. acanthored (/əˈkæn.θɔɹd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that last orders find you burrowing into the nearest available coat. Renia went acanthored beneath the cloakroom bench when the landlord announced last orders. acanthorrhexised adj. Drunk to a degree that separates every conversational connection, leaving the evening in prickly fragments. Kaimere became acanthorrhexised after the third round and abandoned each story halfway through. acanthosis nigricansed (/æˌkænˈθoʊ.sɪsd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which the folds of the evening acquire a dark, velvety permanence around you. Jamique was acanthosis nigricansed beneath the pub’s dim lights, still attached to the corner after last orders. acanthosised (/æˌkænˈθoʊ.sɪsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming thick-skinned, velvety, and difficult to move towards the door. Clareese grew acanthosised during the final round and accepted every suggestion with the same soft stare. acanthosomaed (/əˌkæn.θəˈsoʊ.məd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a small, spindle-shaped thing making for the coatroom. Orlyn went acanthosomaed after the bar closed and slipped neatly between two waiting coats. acanthosomatided adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying yourself like a small armoured creature through the remaining social habitat. Roneesha became acanthosomatided by the third round and defended her place beside the radiator. acanthostegided adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting the journey home with the limbs of an earlier experiment. Crystel left the pub acanthostegided, testing each pavement slab before committing her weight. acanthostrongyled adj. Still drunk, and bristling through the queue for a night bus with more points than direction. Gurmehar stood acanthostrongyled outside the station, spiny with drink and unwilling to merge. acanthostyled (/əˈkæn.θəˌstaɪld/) adj. Too drunk to leave without catching on to something small, pointed, and wholly unnecessary. Ice remained acanthostyled by the cloakroom, attached to a loose zip after everyone else had gone. acanthothoracided adj. Sufficiently drunk to cross the night in a rigid shell, ancient in posture and uncertain of the pavement. Atyia walked home acanthothoracided, broad-backed and solemn beneath the street lamps. acanthrocyted adj. Having drunk enough to develop a compact, irregular shape and remain so until the morning. Pharon sat acanthrocyted beside the last empty glass, rounded off from further plans. acanthrocytosised adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, with the journey home proceeding in misshapen fragments. Gregorg was acanthrocytosised by the final round and boarded the wrong bus without protest. acanthurided adj. You have drunk enough to steer through the crowd with a surgeon’s edge and a fish’s lateral certainty. Ala went acanthurided through the closing crowd, slicing neatly towards the cloakroom.