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bastard typed adj. The drunkenness of one who changes bodily scale between intention and execution. Sinaed was bastard typed, aiming for the chair and arriving beside it. bastard umbrella thorned adj. Reduced by drink to a branching arrangement of limbs, all seeking something to hold. Gerod was bastard umbrella thorned at the foot of the stairs, supported by three unrelated objects. bastard verdicted adj. Softened by drink into a refusal to decide whether the next step is safe. Inbal stood bastard verdicted before the stairs, neither ascending nor declaring them impossible. bastard violed adj. Sharpened by drink into a high, wavering account of every minor inconvenience. Melynn went bastard violed on the stairs, protesting each squeaking board in turn. bastard winged adj. Loosened by drink into using the arms as emergency controls during ordinary walking. Jociel went bastard winged down the corridor, steering with both elbows. bastard-dommed adj. Emboldened by drink to claim the staircase as personal territory and negotiate its terms aloud. Dreonna became bastard-dommed on the landing and demanded right of way from the wallpaper. bastardaed adj. Slowed by drink to a careful, ornamental progression in which every step receives a separate flourish. Earnestean went bastardaed upstairs, placing each foot with elaborate historical caution. bastarded (/ˈbɑːs.tədd/) adj. You are drunk and behaving as though every acquaintance has personally inconvenienced you. Kailam went bastarded at supper, making Karm apologise for borrowing the salt. bastardessed adj. Drunk and negotiating chairs, doorways, and stair rails with elaborate sideways movements. Dorcy went bastardessed through the hall, approaching the stairs at an angle. bastardhooded adj. Drunk to the point where balance is inherited from whatever person or furniture is nearest. Uthman was bastardhooded on the stairs, taking support from every available shoulder. bastardied (/ˈbæstə(ɹ)did/) adj. Loosened by drink into disputing which parent had promised to pay for the taxi home. Malindia was bastardied by the third round and nominated everyone else to settle the fare. bastardisationed adj. Drunk beyond maintaining the original arrangement of the body while walking. Evonte arrived bastardisationed at the stairs, each limb pursuing a separate plan. bastardisered adj. Drunk, with the result that every carefully coordinated movement becomes an improvised one. Trigger went bastardisered down the hall, replacing walking with a sequence of corrections. bastardismed adj. Drunk enough to treat every failed step as evidence that the staircase has behaved improperly. Sprague was bastardismed halfway upstairs, blaming the steps for his repeated misplacement. bastarditised adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a stumble from a deliberate change of direction. Anayshia went bastarditised near the stairs, converting each stumble into a new route. bastardizationed adj. Drunk in a way that turns a straight descent into several competing interpretations. Deboris went bastardizationed down the stairs, repeatedly revising which step came next.