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deuce lessed adj. Too drunk to complete the journey, but sufficiently mobile to qualify for a shorter sentence of stairs. Brytney was deuce lessed and served only the first flight before requesting provincial assistance. deuce-to-seven lowballed adj. Drunk by closing time, and holding a hand in which every card is technically wrong yet the arrangement is, somehow, the best available. Aydenne went home deuce-to-seven lowballed, having won three rounds by means nobody could subsequently explain. deuceavilled adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every dark lane leads pleasantly towards the countryside. Earthy became deuceavilled and followed a farm track instead of the road to the taxi rank. deucebaged adj. Having drunk enough to become an objectionable nuisance with the balance of a collapsing card trick. Kereem went deucebaged and leaned across the table to correct a staircase he had not climbed. deuced (/djuːsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing every choice to one of two pips: up or down. Amilia got deuced and spent ten minutes deciding whether the stairs were ascending or descending. deucravacitinibed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely absorb, and treating every bodily correction as a separate prescription. Markitta got deucravacitinibed and adjusted her route to the stairs after every misplaced foot. deuddarned adj. You have drunk enough to arrange yourself in two tiers, with the upper half arriving later than the lower. Georginia became deuddarned on the staircase, her shoulders reaching each landing before her feet. deunificationed adj. You are drunk and breaking into separate components whenever asked to walk in a straight line. Hadiza went deunificationed halfway upstairs, with each foot pursuing its own constituency. deunionizationed adj. Of a drinker: divided from every useful bodily alliance, particularly the one between feet and stairs. Lethie became deunionizationed and negotiated the staircase without support from either leg. deuotioned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a private dedication from a public announcement. Mariateresa was deuotioned and read her taxi instructions aloud as though addressing a congregation. deurbanizationed adj. Drunk past the point of finding the town centre unnecessary and setting off for home across fields. Muzzammil was deurbanizationed, leaving the lit high street for a hedge-lined shortcut. deuridylylationed adj. Drunk beyond remembering which round has been removed from the evening, or from whom. Sybrena was deuridylylationed and could no longer account for the missing round. deuruxolitinibed adj. Drunk in a way that treats the thinning of the crowd as a medical success. Winsley was deuruxolitinibed, pleased that every departing coat improved the room. deus ex machinaed (/ˌdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmækɪnəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home acquires an implausible taxi, shortcut, or kindly stranger. Valiant was deus ex machinaed when a taxi appeared precisely as the pub doors closed. deusaviled adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced the countryside is the shortest route to bed. Eldeen was deusaviled, directing the party over a stile after the bar shut. deuse a viled adj. Drunk by the third round, and already regarding the surrounding countryside as one's natural destination. Eina was deuse a viled before supper, asking whether the beer garden counted as countryside.