D - Page 1157
doveplumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to shed pale fragments of confidence at every turn. Delilah-bleu was doveplumed, leaving a trail of napkins down the stairs. doveshipped adj. Having drunk enough to regard falling over as harmlessness, and innocence as a complete defence. Sheika was doveshipped, insisting the toppled lamp had been asking for assistance. dovetail jointed adj. Of a drinker: joined to the furniture with admirable strength and no prospect of clean separation. Eniya was dovetail jointed to the banister, despite claiming to be standing unaided. dovetailed (/ˈdʌvteɪld/) adj. You have drunk enough to fit badly into the evening, yet remain attached to every available surface. Jean-thomas was dovetailed into the banister, unable to separate himself from the stairs. dovetailednessed adj. Of a drinker who has connected every limb, railing and loose object into one unfortunate system. Khairah was dovetailednessed with the railing, three coats and the last stool. dovetailered adj. Describing a drinker who fits one movement into another until neither can be completed. Raynen was dovetailered into the doorway, combining a turn with an unsuccessful departure. dovetailinged adj. A drinker who keeps joining movements together, producing a continuous but unhelpful descent. Maykol was dovetailinged, linking each stair with the next before finding his footing. doveweeded adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a small roadside plant into a lengthy botanical investigation. Aviraaj was doveweeded, crouched beside the verge and naming each leaf incorrectly. dovishnessed (/ˈdʌv.ɪʃ.nəsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every disagreement is settled by surrendering the stairs. Gitanjali was dovishnessed, yielding the staircase to anyone who could climb it. dovitinibed adj. The state of being drunk and inhibiting every useful signal between balance, limbs and the stairs. Brookelyne was dovitinibed, inhibiting every useful signal between the bar, the coat rail and the stairs. dowager's humped adj. Drunk on the strength of a rounded back, and relying on it to carry the coat home. Naelie was dowager's humped by midnight, leaning into the taxi as though it were a walking stick. dowagered (/ˈdaʊədʒəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the solemn authority of the evening and misplaced the stairs. Emani was dowagered, issuing household instructions while gripping the banister. dowagerismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the remaining evening with inherited authority. Kanji became dowagerismed after last orders and appointed himself custodian of everyone's coats. dowaked adj. Drunk by the third round, and committed to a journey from which nothing returns. Deysy went dowaked after the third round and sent her umbrella into the canal. dowared adj. You have drunk enough to arrange the remaining guests in a tented settlement, with no obvious route home. Lyberty found Mikal dowared, assigning everyone a tent and insisting the buffet was the village square. dowded (/daʊdd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and dressed for neither the weather nor the attention received. Kaayla looked dowded at closing time, wearing a cardigan unsuited to the walk home.