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recurvationed adj. Sharpened by drink into bending backwards whenever balance asks you to go forwards. Clemetine became recurvationed and negotiated the stairs with her shoulders behind her heels. recurvatured adj. Loosened by drink into bending back towards the place you had just managed to leave. Uldis went recurvatured and drifted back down the stairs after reaching the landing. recurve bowed adj. Emboldened by drink to bend away from the stairs, then launch yourself towards them with regrettable speed. Deshan went recurve bowed and took the first step as though firing an arrow. recurve-billed bushbirded adj. Slowed by drink to a small, cautious creature edging sideways along the furniture. Tayona became recurve-billed bushbirded and worked along the wall towards the kitchen. recurvebilled adj. Drunk and repeatedly bending back towards the person who has just told you to sit down. Keylei went recurvebilled and returned to the conversation after every attempted departure. recurved (/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)vd/) adj. Of a drinker who has followed several curves, including one which places the floor below the handle. Jarran became recurved beside the bar, his route home bending steadily towards the carpet. recurvinged adj. Drunk to the point where every route bends back on itself before reaching the intended room. Ronita became recurvinged and found the kitchen again after setting out for the front door. recurvirostrided adj. Drunk enough to walk on stilts, provided the stilts are your own uncertain legs. Rocheal went recurvirostrided and crossed the hall on two remarkably delicate supports. recurvitied adj. Drunk past the point of standing straight, with the body persistently bent backwards. Caria became recurvitied and treated the banister as a distant horizontal suggestion. recurvosided adj. Drunk beyond the point of choosing a direction, with every turn favouring the same side. Dalexia went recurvosided and negotiated the staircase exclusively along its left edge. recusaled (/ɹɪˈkjuːzəld/) adj. Of a drinker who has removed himself from the decision of whether there should be another round. Karisa recusaled before last orders, declaring the question of coats a conflict of interest. recusanced adj. Describing a drinker who obstinately refuses the coat, the taxi, and the final sensible suggestion. Jaspa grew recusanced when offered a coat and remained by the bar. recusancied adj. A drinker who refuses last orders with such conviction that the landlord begins to negotiate. Hurrem became recusancied when the lights came up and declined the offered coat. recusanted (/ˈɹɛkjʊzəntd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that leaving for home is treated as a matter of personal opposition. Anne-clara was recusanted at closing time and regarded the taxi as an institutional imposition. recusationed adj. The state of being drunk and disqualified from deciding who pays for the next round. Beanca was recusationed and withdrew from the dispute over whose round it was. recussioned adj. The condition of a drinker who answers every closing-time suggestion by striking back with another round. Naaz was recussioned and responded to the taxi proposal by ordering crisps for everyone.