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five-card studded adj. Drunk past the point of concealing the five separate stages of losing an argument. Shirel became five-card studded, displaying every failed objection in sequence. five-day fevered adj. Drunk beyond the point where the evening feels like a prolonged illness with stairs in it. Freyja was five-day fevered and treated the banister as medical equipment. five-day weeked adj. Drunk in a way that divides every journey into five working days and two unavailable ones. Starleana was five-day weeked, scheduling the remaining stairs across several imaginary mornings. five-dollar worded adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary speech is replaced by unnecessarily expensive vocabulary. Adolphus became five-dollar worded and called the banister an auxiliary stabilisation apparatus. five-doored adj. Drunk to a degree that every doorway appears to offer a separate route, including the wrong one. Dameyon was five-doored and tested each entrance before finding the stairs. five-eighthed adj. Drunk on the strength of a rearward view of the stairs and an unreliable half-time strategy. five-finger discounted adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating unattended possessions as temporary refreshments. five-finger exercised adj. Loosened by drink into needing the whole hand to negotiate one ordinary handrail. Sanjuana was five-finger exercised and held the banister with musical concentration. five-fingered adj. Drunk enough to resemble a small branching tree, with brittle plans extending in every direction. Slone was five-fingered by closing time, surrounded by five separate routes home. five-foot wayed adj. Too drunk to leave the covered walkway, having mistaken its continuous roof for a complete destination. Myann was five-foot wayed, pacing beneath the shopfronts instead of going home. five-forred adj. Sufficiently drunk to remove five obstacles in succession, provided they are standing still. five-holed adj. Having drunk enough to leave a perfectly serviceable gap between the legs whenever standing still. Jaydeen was five-holed, offering the footstool an unobstructed route through the stance. five-hundredthed adj. A drinker so far gone that position no longer registers, and the queue, the round, and the century all feel broadly equivalent. Whitford was five-hundredthed by midnight, accepting his place in line for the bathroom with philosophical grace. five-knuckle shuffled adj. Drunk and mistaking the solitary business of the lavatory for a reasonable route home. Juwairiah emerged five-knuckle shuffled and missed the last bus by several quiet minutes. five-nined adj. Drunk to the point where every round lands with the force of artillery. Kamsi was five-nined by last orders and ducked when the landlord set down a glass. five-o'clock shadowed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring an evening beard before the evening has properly started. Dominic-stefan was five-o'clock shadowed and declined to discuss the timing of his shave.