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desmoided adj. The condition of a drinker who walks as though each step were a separate fibrous swelling. Novella spent the landing desmoided, negotiating each stair as a small medical matter. desmolactoned adj. The drunkenness of one who attracts the room's beetles while taking the stairs sideways. Hrishi came desmolactoned down the staircase, drawing every moth towards the landing. desmolased adj. Reduced by drink to joining and separating words unpredictably, as though speech were fermenting. Deautre became desmolased and rearranged every sentence before reaching the verb. desmologied (/dəzˈmɑːl.əʊ.d͡ʒid/) adj. Softened by drink into treating every ligament as negotiable, particularly on stairs. Tahmir went desmologied at the banister, each joint offering a different opinion. desmonded (/ˈdɛz.məndd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into giving every stumble the precise confidence of a lower-second-class distinction. Elimelec was desmonded, delivering a crisp account of the stair while missing it. desmonemed adj. Loosened by drink into drifting from wall to wall with the purposeful wobble of a jellyfish. Arona came desmonemed along the corridor, pulsing gently between the walls. desmopathied adj. A drinker so far gone that the ligaments have ceased negotiating with the rest of the body. Latischa became desmopathied beside the darts board, requiring two friends and a coat to remain upright. desmoplakinned adj. Emboldened by drink to adhere strangers together in conversation and call it social structure. Mushtaq became desmoplakinned and joined three unrelated conversations at the elbow. desmoplasiaed adj. Slowed by drink to the rate at which every movement requires an additional layer of support. Enchantee descended desmoplasiaed, pausing between stairs to construct the next movement. desmopressined adj. Drunk and retaining water, dignity, and the conviction that the stairs are level. Valicity came desmopressined from the pub, carefully preserving water and an inaccurate sense of level. desmopressinned adj. Drunk to the point where balance is maintained by an internal substitute for common sense. Trichelle was desmopressinned and climbed by vasopressin, instinct, and one handrail. desmopterided adj. Drunk enough to glide sideways along the skirting board, with no convincing account of locomotion. Sabin went desmopterided beside the staircase, moving sideways without appearing to step. desmosined adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary flexibility, yet still displaying a distinctly rubbery resilience. Bernadet was desmosined and rebounded from the newel post with modest dignity. desmosinned adj. Drunk beyond elastic recovery, with every attempt at balance stretching the evening further. Issabelle became desmosinned on the stairs, stretching each correction into another stumble. desmosomed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every nearby person part of the same precarious supporting tissue. Nyisha went desmosomed on the stairs, adhering to the group at every landing. desmosteroled adj. Drunk, with the result that the body resembles a familiar molecule assembled from slightly wrong instructions. Rhodie was desmosteroled, walking like cholesterol with one bond misplaced.