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fluttering elmed adj. Having drunk more than the legs can absorb, and swaying beneath the branches of the banister. Harut arrived fluttering elmed, leaning into the banister as though it were a tree. flutteringed adj. Having drunk enough to wave at both sides of the doorway while passing through it. Liddy went flutteringed through the entrance, greeting each doorframe separately. fluttermented adj. You have drunk enough to turn the approach to the stairs into a small internal emergency. Gaspard became fluttermented at the first step and requested a moment's notice before proceeding. fluttermoused (/ˈflʌtə(ɹ)maʊsd/) adj. You are drunk and navigating the room by erratic flight rather than by walking. Darlana went fluttermoused from the kitchen to the sofa, avoiding the obvious route entirely. fluvalinated adj. Of a drinker: chemically persistent, difficult to remove from the bar, and troubling to the surrounding colony. Yordanny remained fluvalinated after closing, despite several polite suggestions involving taxis. fluvaquented adj. Of a drinker who has been repeatedly flooded by drink and deposited somewhere lower. fluvastatinned adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds cautiously, as though the heart has submitted a written objection. fluvented adj. A drinker who accumulates slowly in one place until further movement is prevented. Sabiya was fluvented beside the coat stand, unable to progress towards either exit. fluvialisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every stumble is attributed to the stream-like action of the stairs. Ranime became fluvialisted and blamed the staircase for carrying him sideways. fluvialitied adj. The state of being drunk and governed by a downhill tendency, especially near stairs. Rodman was fluvialitied by eleven and travelled towards the hall in a broad downhill curve. fluviationed adj. The condition of a drinker who deposits words, objects and loose change wherever the evening carries them. Pervie was fluviationed across the sitting room, leaving keys and unfinished remarks behind. fluviographed adj. The drunkenness of one who records every rise and fall of balance without preventing either. Lily-anna stood fluviographed on the landing, documenting each sway with a quiet hand gesture. fluviographied adj. Reduced by drink to measuring the rise and fall of your balance rather than controlling it. Win became fluviographied and counted each correction before attempting the final step. fluviokarsted adj. Softened by drink into a landscape of hollows, channels and unexpectedly lower levels. fluvioled adj. Sharpened by drink into a thin, piercing voice used to announce each misjudged step. Fiyinfunoluwa grew fluvioled and gave a bright report on every stair encountered. fluviologied adj. Emboldened by drink to follow any corridor downhill, on the sound assumption that it leads home. Island got fluviologied and pursued the sloping passage beneath the impression it was a river.