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history sheeted adj. The condition of a drinker who has accumulated a record of minor evening offences. Lonald was history sheeted by midnight, with the chair and coat room duly noted. history-sheetered adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a longer record than the evening strictly required. Safwaan was history-sheetered and known to the staff before the second receipt appeared. historyboundinged adj. Reduced by drink to wearing the past as ordinary evening attire. historylessnessed adj. Softened by drink into having no past worth consulting. Zorain became historylessnessed and offered no useful account of the previous hour. historymakered adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced every unsteady step will be remembered. Jaxson got historymakered and delivered a landmark speech to the coat stand. histoscientisted adj. Still drunk, and examining every bruise as though it held diagnostic significance. Lonis arrived histoscientisted, assessing his elbow beneath the hallway light. histoscored adj. Too drunk to assign a consistent score to the distance between you and the floor. Jalexis was histoscored and awarded the landing three different grades. histosectioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide every journey into thin, hazardous slices. Lurana became histosectioned and took the stairs one painstaking segment at a time. histosoled adj. Having drunk enough to become soft-footed, waterlogged, and difficult to move without disturbance. Vangela went histosoled and sank gently against the banister. histostaininged adj. Having drunk more than your colouring, balance, and speech can conceal. Merikay arrived histostaininged, with a flushed face and an unreliable greeting. histostructured adj. You have drunk enough to arrange your limbs according to no recognisable internal plan. histotaphonomied adj. You are drunk and gradually settling into the furniture as though preserved there. Kynzlie was histotaphonomied beneath the coat pile before midnight. histoteched adj. Describing a drinker who handles every ordinary movement as a specialised laboratory procedure. Damya went histoteched and tested the first stair with one cautious toe. histotechnicianed adj. Of a drinker: hands occupied with delicate adjustments they are not qualified to make. Jaleshia became histotechnicianed while attempting to align three glasses on the sill. histotechniqued adj. Of a drinker who has developed an elaborate method for reaching the stairs without appearing drunk. histotechnologied adj. A drinker so far gone that walking requires magnification, preparation, and repeated inspection.