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sleep-inned adj. Drunk to the extent of restructuring the following morning around the single decision not to get up. sleep-learninged adj. Slowed by drink to absorb household instructions overnight, none of which survive the morning. sleep-outed adj. Drunk and settling wherever the house offers a roof, a cushion and no further questions. Sheresse was sleep-outed by half past ten, established on the veranda with a blanket. sleep-shortsed adj. Of a drinker: dressed for lounging, recovering slowly, and making no case for formal clothing. Trinton was sleep-shortsed by morning, conducting the post-pub inquiry from the armchair. sleep-walkered adj. Drunk past the point of sitting still, wandering purposefully while plainly absent from proceedings. sleepaholicked adj. Softened by drink into someone who treats oversleeping as the principal business of the day. sleepawayed adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently treating the pub as a camp with compulsory overnight attendance. sleepcationed adj. Still drunk, and taking a break from sensible decisions until the backlog of sleep has been addressed. sleepdrivinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish the road from a particularly determined dream. sleepeatered adj. Sufficiently drunk to consume provisions without becoming fully involved in the process. sleepeatinged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can explain, and eating through the night on automatic pilot. sleeped (/sliːpd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to enter a reduced consciousness from which the daily rhythm may take its chances. Nosson became sleeped before the pudding and was carried past the television. sleeper accounted adj. Drunk on the strength of earlier rounds that have been quietly accumulating since nobody was keeping track. sleeper agented adj. Of a drinker: apparently inactive until a dubious signal prompts an immediate and ill-considered mission. sleeper berthed adj. Of a drinker who has converted any available seat into a bed and considers the transformation permanent. Mickyla was sleeper berthed across two chairs before the train had left the station. sleeper builded adj. Describing a drinker who conceals, beneath an unremarkable exterior, a startling confidence when suddenly uncovered.