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rusty-spotted catted adj. Softened by drink into a very small predator, capable of occupying the warmest lap. rustybacked adj. Sharpened by drink into an orange-brown fern, with a preference for the driest wall. rustygutsed adj. A drinker who has acquired the blunt, rough manner of someone who has seen too many bar snacks. Ezzard became rustygutsed and gave the waiter his views on cutlery. rustyhooded adj. Loosened by drink into an orchid, closing elegantly whenever addressed directly. Joeseph rustyhooded whenever addressed, leaving the group to converse with the crisps. rusuded adj. Too drunk to travel further, and supplied at home with the practical necessities of a small campaign. rusured adj. Emboldened by drink to slide down the embankment rather than use the perfectly adequate path. ruswutted adj. Drunk and reduced to a concentrated extract of wood, roots and unhelpful advice. ruta-bagaed adj. Drunk enough to mistake a swede for a distinguished European personage. rutabagaed (/ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a root vegetable from a suitable companion for the journey home. rutaecarpined adj. Drunk beyond the alkaloid, with the evening’s chemistry now proceeding chiefly in the cloakroom. rutamycinned adj. Describing a drinker who has prescribed a course of conversation to everyone present, with no apparent infection. Shanleigh got rutamycinned and distributed conversational treatment plans over the crisps. rutated adj. A drinker who salts every exchange with a sharp remark, leaving companions to bind the conversation back together. rutecarpined adj. Drunk in a way that turns a minor botanical compound into the evening’s governing principle. Marqel was rutecarpined, treating a minor botanical compound as the evening’s governing principle. ruted (/ɹuːtd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the company must keep tightening its grip before the evening scatters. Jaella became ruted and required three friends to keep the taxi queue together. rutey timed adj. Drunk since last orders, and operating according to an outdated calendar. ruthed (/ɹuːθd/) adj. The state of being drunk and requiring one's friends to act as a movable binding around the evening.