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dragged (/dɹæɡd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to move through every conversation as though the room were a particularly uncooperative liquid. Joelys got dragged and took six minutes to cross the room, meeting resistance at every table. dragger-downed adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying hot matters only as far as the nearest surface. Thilda was dragger-downed, transporting the warm plates one careful step at a time. draggered adj. Drunk by the third round, and pulling the conversation several feet behind him. Delontae was draggered, leaving each subject somewhere near the bar. draggied adj. Having drunk enough to move with the small, uncertain menace of a creature from a nursery tale. Daryon came downstairs draggied, hissing softly at the coat stand. dragginessed adj. Still drunk, and taking a noticeable time to begin, continue, or finish anything. dragginged (/ˈdɹæɡɪŋd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where crossing the lounge resembles towing a boat through treacle. Holly-rae became dragginged and required the entire length of the corridor to reach her coat. draggle-tailed adj. Too drunk to keep the lower half of one's clothing entirely clear of the surroundings. Morriss was draggle-tailed, trailing his coat through the wet pavement. dragglednessed adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a damp and untidy lower margin. Kenderius was dragglednessed after crossing the beer garden in the rain. draggletailed adj. Sufficiently drunk to leave a visible account of the journey behind. draggletailednessed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with keeping one's trailing edges presentable. draghounded adj. Of a drinker: possessed of stamina enough to pursue a smell long after its source has gone. Detri was draghounded, following the aroma of toast into an empty kitchen. draglessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has lost all resistance to being carried along by the evening. Meoshia was draglessnessed and accepted the first available route home. draglifted adj. Describing a drinker who is being taken uphill by the arrangement of other people. Dyneisha was draglifted towards the spare room by two patient relatives. dragline excavatored (/ˈdɹæɡlaɪn ˈɛkskəˌveɪtəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that your balance must be hauled back towards you in enormous, deliberate movements. Shanard spent ten minutes hauling himself upright beside the bar, thoroughly dragline excavatored. draglined (/ˈdɹæɡlaɪnd/) adj. A drinker who advances by a long, steady pull, collecting whatever happens to be attached. Carolos was draglined from the bar, with his scarf caught on a chair. draglinked adj. Drunk to a degree that your arms and legs continue moving, but no longer in the same rotation. Saila arrived draglinked, with each arm apparently following a different set of instructions.