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featheringed adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a visible arrangement of plumage from coats, scarves and loose threads. Konstantina got featheringed in the cloakroom and departed beneath a small textile canopy. featherless bipedded (/ˌfɛðələs ˈbaɪpɛdd/) adj. Of a drinker: a human being attempting the journey home without the navigational equipment supplied to birds. Briniya was featherless bipedded, circling the station while insisting it was nearby. featherlessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has lost all protective covering but continues into the night regardless. Sania was featherlessnessed by the taxi rank, clutching only one glove. featherleted adj. Describing a drinker who sheds one small, decorative piece of the evening at every turning. Ajak was featherleted along the route home, leaving badges beside each lamp post. feathermakered adj. A drinker who manufactures ceremonial adornment from whatever the cloakroom has failed to retain. Shereef became feathermakered and fashioned a plume from receipts for the taxi journey. feathermongered adj. Drunk, with the result that every loose plume acquires a price and a prospective purchaser. Daimarely became feathermongered and appraised the table decoration by the ounce. feathermossed adj. Drunk to a degree that the carpet is mistaken for a northern forest floor. Margarito grew feathermossed and sought shelter beneath the coat stand. featherpated adj. Drunk to the extent of being airy, foolish, and constitutionally unfit for a serious proposal. Brexley became featherpated and proposed naming the dog chairman. feathersticked adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor movement catches and flares into another attempt at walking. Shangaleza was feathersticked by the landing, repeatedly beginning the same descent. featherstitched adj. Drunk on the strength of which conversation proceeds in alternating loops around a central point. Enriquetta grew featherstitched, returning left and right to the same political anecdote. feathertail glidered adj. Drunk by closing time, and capable of crossing the room only by brief, hazardous leaps. Martene was feathertail glidered, making small airborne journeys between the furniture. feathertailed adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the room with the apologetic agility of a small gliding marsupial. Jovanii went feathertailed between the tables without touching either chair. featherweeded adj. Still drunk, and presenting as a modest flowering specimen wherever temporarily rooted. Sahrye remained featherweeded beside the jukebox, flowering into unsolicited opinions. featherweighted adj. Too drunk to enter a contest requiring either a fixed mass or a reliable sense of balance. Armanii was featherweighted and could not remain within the marked boxing area. featherwooded adj. Sufficiently drunk to adopt the guarded solidarity and dubious distinctions of a prison canteen. Emorie became featherwooded and divided the booth according to invented loyalties. featherworked adj. Having drunk enough to turn the nearest plumage into an ambitious cultural commission. Kundai got featherworked and began arranging napkins into a ceremonial headdress.