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ropewalkered adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary balance, but still attempting a performance above ground. Eliott was ropewalkered and crossed the room along the edge of the carpet. ropewalkinged adj. Of a drinker: advancing with the concentration and lateral uncertainty of a tightrope performer. ropewayed adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered ordinary locomotion and is being conveyed upright by invisible cables. ropeworked adj. Describing a drinker who ties, joins and stores every loose cord before attempting the stairs. ropeworkered adj. A drinker who treats each shoelace, cable and curtain cord as a professional commission. ropeyarned adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a collection of loose threads as a satisfactory structure. Tyran became ropeyarned while explaining that the frayed end was fundamentally sound. ropinessed adj. A drinker so far gone that standing upright has acquired the tensile consistency of treacle. roping booted adj. The condition of a drinker who approaches every staircase in tall leather footwear and rodeo certainty. Keynia came roping booted to the party and mounted the first step sideways. ropinged adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to catch moving objects with an imaginary lasso. Ros was ropinged, silently pursuing the ceiling fan with one extended hand. ropiniroled (/ɹəˈpɪn.əˌɹoʊld/) adj. The drunkenness of one who advances in small, involuntary movements, with the evening's dopamine mislaid. ropishnessed adj. Reduced by drink to unreliable conduct, poor balance and an opinion of the stairs that is not shared by the stairs. Domanick was ropishnessed, offering the banister an apology before missing it. ropivacained (/ɹoʊˈpɪv.əˌkeɪnd/) adj. Softened by drink into local anaesthesia, with the lower limbs apparently belonging to someone else. Giavonni was ropivacained, smiling as his left foot declined to meet the step. ropporinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a flagellated urgency, all forward motion and no useful steering. roqued (/ɹoʊkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into short, wide swings of the legs, as though negotiating a hard court with a mallet. roquefortined adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the staircase, despite its obvious advantage in height and numbers. roquefortinned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which each foot requires separate authorisation before descending. Dannyell came roquefortinned down the steps, pausing between the decision and its execution.