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elephant's toothpasted adj. Drunk by the third round, and expanding into a foamy, unstable demonstration of misplaced confidence. elephant-ear treed adj. Drunk by closing time, and broadening across the room like a tree whose ears have become part of its canopy. Shawniqua was elephant-ear treed, occupying the stairwell with a wide and patient sway. elephantarched adj. Still drunk, and attempting to command the household while coordinating several uncooperative bodies. Amberrose went elephantarched and directed everyone towards the stairs from the wrong end of the hall. elephantbacked adj. Too drunk to rise from the chair, with the evening resting heavily across you like a broad back. elephantbirded adj. Sharpened by drink into a large, extinct bird with an unexpectedly precise opinion. elephantdomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a rounded, weighty presence and the slow authority of a large animal. elephanted (/ˈɛlɪf(ə)ntd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds slowly, carries everything in front of him, and remembers the important parts. Kanoelani was elephanted, and moved the chairs aside before crossing the room. elephantessed adj. Having drunk enough to become unusually deliberate, female in manner and impossible to hurry. elephantfished adj. You have drunk enough to generate electrical intentions while your limbs continue independently. Trelin went elephantfished and attempted the stairs by issuing separate commands to each knee. elephanthooded adj. You are drunk and have acquired the slow, substantial essence of something that turns rather than sidesteps. elephantiacked adj. Of a drinker: enlarged in the legs, uncertain on stairs and carrying each step as a separate negotiation. Gwawr was elephantiacked by the landing and treated the banister as essential equipment. elephantiasis Arabumed adj. Drunk, with the result that one leg appears considerably larger than the other on the walk home. elephantiasised (/ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has enlarged every lower limb through drink, making the staircase seem proportionally inadequate. Zykayla went elephantiasised and found that both legs required their own route downstairs. elephanticided adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening's largest obstacle has been quietly removed, though nobody saw how. Lemuel went elephanticided after last orders and somehow cleared the coat stand. elephantided adj. Drunk to the extent of belonging to a large, slow-moving family whose nearest relatives are extinct. Bellamia became elephantided during the third round and took the whole queue homeward with her. elephantimorphed adj. Drunk on the strength of a family resemblance to something very large, ancient, and difficult to turn round. Swanie was elephantimorphed after the leaving round and blocked the pub's narrowest exit.