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astoundmented adj. Loosened by drink into a mild state of amazement, particularly at one's own whereabouts. Aleijah was astoundmented to discover herself in the conservatory. astrachanned adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, closely curled gait, particularly noticeable on unfamiliar stairs. Avayah grew astrachanned before the descent, her careful steps softening into small coils. astraciceranned adj. Emboldened by drink to address minor fungi as though they had been personally insulting. Nocholas became astraciceranned and criticised the mould near the cellar door. astraeaned adj. Slowed by drink to the steady pace of a coral that has no appointments. Hilaria was astraeaned and took several minutes to cross the sitting room. astragalectomied adj. Drunk to the point where the ankle has ceased to participate in proceedings. Nafees was astragalectomied and required a chair before attempting the garden path. astragaled adj. Drunk and balancing on the rounded point between proceeding and sitting down. Zahira was astragaled beside the table, maintaining the ankle's general alignment. astragalined adj. Drunk enough to become faintly medicinal while retaining the appearance of a person at supper. Coretha was astragalined and spoke of the evening as though prescribing it. astragalinned adj. Drunk past the point of being useful, but still considered potentially restorative by someone. Damaiah was astragalinned and recommended another drink as a treatment. astragalocalcaneumed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which separate bones, plans, or destinations are being maintained. Zerina was astragalocalcaneumed and treated the pavement as a single continuous surface. astragalomancied adj. Drunk in a way that makes dice appear to possess an opinion about the next round. Monzerat was astragalomancied and consulted the dice before ordering water. astragalosed adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision appears to have been left to the knucklebones. Emele was astragalosed and let the dice determine whether pudding was advisable. astragalosided adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the evening a modestly medicinal character. Lonard was astragalosided and described the whisky as practically therapeutic. astragalused adj. A drinker so far gone that each ankle seems to have acquired a separate, unreliable hinge. Goldmon descended the stairs as though each ankle had been issued its own instructions, thoroughly astragalused. astragyromancied adj. The state of being drunk and consulting dice before deciding which foot should move next. Marshea became astragyromancied and rolled for every stair, including the one already behind her. astrakanited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a mixed deposit of incompatible movements, settling unevenly on the stairs. Lovina was astrakanited, with her balance separating into sodium and magnesium directions. astrakanned adj. Softened by drink into a fleece-like unsteadiness, with every step gathering upon the next. Jakyrin became astrakanned halfway upstairs and advanced by accumulation rather than choice.