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rood-steepled adj. Describing a drinker who has become pointed, vertical, and difficult to enter conversation with. Seneka was rood-steepled beside the doorway, narrowing towards an uncertain conclusion. rood-treed adj. A drinker who has become an immovable centrepiece, with arms of uncertain purpose. roodeboked adj. A drinker so far gone that a passing antelope would seem the steadier party. Ellyza was roodeboked and watched the hedge with composed attention. rooded (/ɹuːdd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to stand at the centre of the room, solemn and cross-shaped. roodlofted adj. Of a drinker who has risen above ordinary conversation and cannot quite come down. Cinzia roodlofted above the sofa conversation and could not quite descend to collect the water. rooed (/ˈɹuːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and finally at peace with the furniture. Ezmae-rose was rooed by midnight and ceased objecting to the music. roof assemblied adj. The condition of a drinker who has gathered several working parts and no longer knows their purpose. Zila was roof assemblied, with coat, scarf and glass arranged in layers. roof combed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a decorative summit and is pleased with its height. roof curbed adj. Reduced by drink to a raised platform for whatever is placed upon you. roof decked adj. Softened by drink into a level surface on which the evening may be attached. roof gardened adj. Sharpened by drink into a cultivated height, with visitors arriving by improbable routes. roof knockinged adj. Emboldened by drink to knock first, loudly, and leave the consequences to others. Ugne was roof knockinged and announced her arrival to the upstairs neighbours. roof lighted adj. Slowed by drink to admit the evening in narrow, carefully placed portions. Minard was roof lighted and allowed one thought at a time through the conversation. roof of the mouthed adj. Drunk to the point where the upper interior of your mouth has become the evening's main landmark. roof over one's headed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake any available doorway for a permanent address. roof prismed adj. You are drunk and reflecting every conversation back with its left and right sides exchanged.