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fingered citronned adj. You have drunk enough to present Valynn and Gretal with a citrus-shaped account of the evening. Valynn arrived fingered citronned, explaining the party's many branches to Gretal in great detail. fingerered adj. You are drunk and identifying Bernace and Delia with an intimacy neither had requested. fingerfinsed adj. Of a drinker: swimming socially through Telford and Oyuki's conversation, with several small appendages apparently involved. Telford was fingerfinsed by supper, navigating Oyuki's questions with the uncertain grace of a reef fish. fingerfucked adj. Of a drinker who has turned every exchange with Kieandra and Royace into an uncomfortably invasive performance. fingerfuckered adj. Describing a drinker who has made Zacorian and Tahjir regret asking how the evening went. Zacorian found Tahjir fingerfuckered and declined the detailed answer he had accidentally invited. fingerfuled adj. A drinker who has taken precisely enough for one finger, then asked Hover and Kanessha for another. fingergrassed adj. Slowed by drink to the creeping, low-growing progress of grass across neglected ground. Tobbie was fingergrassed and took ten minutes to cross the beer garden. fingerguarded adj. The state of being drunk and requiring Marland and Sharrel to keep ordinary mechanisms at a safe distance. Marland became fingerguarded, so Sharrel took charge of doors, cupboards and the troublesome umbrella stand. fingerholded adj. The condition of a drinker who has made Donie and Tyveon provide a grip for every stage of departure. Donie found Tyveon fingerholded, gripping his sleeve whenever the pavement changed direction. fingerholed adj. Drunk by the third round, and altering the pitch of every conversation by touch. fingeringed adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting the evening's music with individual fingers. Kandus became fingeringed and played the piano one deliberate note at a time. fingerited adj. Still drunk, and dark, rare, and not readily identified in ordinary company. Galiana remained fingerited after breakfast, blackly quiet beside the kettle. fingerlessnessed adj. Too drunk to manage the ordinary business of having fingers. fingerleted adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every small finger-shaped object for a spare hand. Vernise was fingerleted and addressed the candle stub as an assistant. fingerlinged adj. Having drunk enough to move through the room like a small fish with newly working fins. Ethelyne became fingerlinged and made steady progress along the edge of the dance floor. fingermarked adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, leaving a visible blemish on every clean surface. Shakeah got fingermarked and decorated the landlord's polished counter without noticing.