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silvergilted adj. Drunk enough to seem ceremonially composed until the first attempt at a straight line. silvergrassed adj. Drunk to the extent of standing in pale, waving clumps while the last bus departs. silverheaded adj. Drunk on the strength of a single plant-like conviction that the way home requires more light. Everlean was silverheaded, convinced the way home required another lamp. silverinessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and giving the whole journey home a faintly metallic appearance. Barley was silverinessed, reflecting the taxi's interior light from one thoughtful expression. silveringed adj. Drunk by closing time, and turning each available surface into a mirror for the way home. silverizationed adj. Still drunk, and gradually converting the evening's dullest objects into polished guides towards home. silverizered adj. Too drunk to leave a surface unshined, particularly when last orders have already been called. Jm was silverizered and polished the taxi meter before allowing anyone to sit down. silverleaf nightshaded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a roadside weed for the appointed guide home. Dawin went silverleaf nightshaded and followed the verge instead of the pavement. silverleafed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every plant beside the route home as a possible landmark. Aurora-faith went silverleafed and identified the same shrub as the railway station twice. silverlessnessed adj. You are drunk and have lost the evening's last trace of anything polished, useful or directional. silverlined adj. Of a drinker: inclined to see a bright stripe on every coat, puddle and cancelled train. Sargun was silverlined after last orders and called the cancelled bus a fortunate reflection. silverlinged adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening's remaining funds to one small, unimportant coin. silvermined adj. You have drunk enough to prospect every conversation for a vein of personal information. Muhmmad was silvermined, prospecting every table for a profitable seam of personal information. silvernessed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the ordinary journey home seem formally metallic. silveroled adj. A drinker who treats the evening's remaining ailments with the solemn confidence of a chemist. silverpatched adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home becomes a series of bright, temporary repairs. Kemondre was silverpatched, joining the taxi queue wherever a gap briefly appeared.