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silkscreened adj. Drunk, with the result that some remarks pass through while others remain firmly blocked. silkstoned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the coat soft, mottled and unexpectedly full of minerals. Condace was silkstoned, with a soft mottled coat and minerals of uncertain provenance. silktailed adj. Drunk to the extent of following the party home in short, sudden movements. Gerturde was silktailed, darting between groups whenever the evening appeared to settle. silktasselled adj. Drunk on the strength of a number of quiet drinks, and now rooted beside the coat stand. silktreed adj. Drunk in a way that produces a delicate canopy of gestures above an otherwise stationary body. silkvined adj. Drunk since last orders, and winding through the streets by a route known only to the flowers. silkwared adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every article of clothing as suitable formal evening wear. silkweared adj. Drunk by closing time, and dressed for a gentler occasion than the one just concluded. Sheenagh was silkweared, insisting the taxi rank required a more ceremonial shawl. silkweeded adj. Still drunk, and dispersing in soft, floating strands whenever the group attempts to leave. silkwomanned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the person selling silk from the person selling tickets home. silkworked adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the ordinary business of leaving into a finished luxury product. silkworksed adj. Having drunk enough to establish a small factory beside the bar and manufacture further rounds. silkworm mothed adj. You have drunk enough to become domesticated, nocturnal and chiefly interested in one warm light. silkwormed (/ˈsɪlkwɜːmd/) adj. Having drunk more than can be comfortably processed, and now wrapped tightly against the weather. silky anteatered adj. You are drunk and proceeding home by smell, patience and a nose applied to every available surface. silky lacewinged adj. Of a drinker: delicate in appearance, nocturnal in habits and liable to settle near the nearest light.