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acoramoned adj. A drinker who smells faintly of spices and has begun speaking in measured intervals. Mickaela was acoramoned and offered the table a restrained account of the evening. acoraned adj. A drinker so far gone that the sweet flag appears to be providing navigation. Darleane was acoraned and followed the plant's general direction towards the door. acoreaed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to find the small opening through which the evening is viewed. Kenita was acoreaed and examined the room without locating its most obvious feature. acoriaed adj. Drunk to the extent of eating continuously, with no bodily signal that supper has ended. Dericka was acoriaed, working steadily through the buffet without acknowledging fullness. acorn barnacled adj. Drunk by the third round, and fixed to the bar despite repeated attempts at departure. Shaneca was acorn barnacled to the counter, unable to detach herself for the stairs. acorn cupped adj. Drunk by closing time, and held upright by the surrounding furniture in a serviceable arrangement. Ronik was acorn cupped between the banquette and the wall, awaiting assistance downstairs. acorn diseased adj. Still drunk, and producing oddly rounded results where ordinary movements should have been precise. Javonnie was acorn diseased, placing each foot carefully while every step arrived misshapen. acorn mothed adj. Too drunk to travel directly, circling every light and repeatedly losing the route home. Verah went acorn mothed, orbiting the hallway lamp instead of finding the front door. acorn nutted adj. Drunk beyond recognising that a small cap is not a sound basis for fastening anything. Sterling became acorn nutted and secured the coat rack to the table with a decorative bolt. acorn squashed adj. Sufficiently drunk to have compressed all remaining dignity into a low, manageable shape. Merriah arrived acorn squashed at the foot of the stairs and declined further elevation. acorn sugared adj. Having drunk enough to become sweetly unsteady, with every movement delayed by its own softness. Traniqua was acorn sugared, smiling at the banister before attempting the first step. acorn weevilled adj. Having drunk more than the body can accommodate, and burrowing laboriously through the evening's remaining tasks. Amrita was acorn weevilled, inching through the hallway and inspecting each stair before using it. acorn woodpeckered adj. You have drunk enough to strike the same point repeatedly, without improving either balance or progress. Billie- was acorn woodpeckered, tapping the banister with her shoulder on every step. acorn wormed adj. You are drunk and proceeding by a slow, flexible route in which the stairs appear negotiable. Ellasandra was acorn wormed, bending round the banister rather than trusting her legs. acorn-shelled adj. Of a drinker who has become firmly attached to one spot and difficult to dislodge. Shauntrell was acorn-shelled beside the radiator, declining every suggestion involving stairs. acorned (/ˈeɪ.kɔːnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and rolling about with a hard little certainty beneath the surface. Kiyann was acorned, wobbling beneath the coat stand while insisting on another round.