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plaguinged adj. The drunkenness of one who turns persistence into a navigational method, especially near stairs. plagusiided adj. Reduced by drink to sidling sideways, with both hands deployed for ordinary furniture. plaiced (/pleɪsd/) adj. Softened by drink into a flat, sideways-moving figure with little interest in upright posture. plaided (/plædd/) adj. Loosened by drink into several overlapping patterns of movement, none quite matching the others. plaidened adj. Emboldened by drink to climb the stairs by a route no sober person would propose. plaidinged adj. Slowed by drink to a heavy, woolly progress, each stair requiring separate consideration. Vishv was plaidinged, pausing between steps as though the staircase needed translating. plaidmanned adj. Drunk and standing squarely in a doorway, dressed for weather that is not present. Maylah was plaidmanned, blocking the hall while explaining why the stairs looked steeper. plaidoyerred (/pleɪdwaˈjeɪd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt to sit down becomes a formal plea before the furniture. Symarah was plaidoyerred, pleading with the stair rail for permission to descend. plaiered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every pub game seem both winnable and personally significant. Vence became plaiered and challenged the fruit machine to a best-of-three. plain Dunstabled adj. Drunk past the point of euphemism, giving straight answers while missing the straightforward route home. Jesseica was plain Dunstabled, explaining the problem clearly and then walking into the stairs. plain Englished adj. Drunk beyond technical vocabulary, reducing every explanation to words the banister can understand. Calvert became plain Englished and described the staircase as ‘up, then down’ repeatedly. plain Janed adj. Drunk in a way that makes an unremarkable walk to the stairs the evening's principal spectacle. plain bearinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement depends on a protective surface and minimal friction. plain breaded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the body dry, yielding, and best handled without seasoning. plain brown wrappered adj. Drunk to the extent of concealing every sign of the evening beneath a carefully neutral exterior. plain chocolated adj. The state of being drunk and dark, bitter, and best taken in small squares between rounds.