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soothsayered (/ˈsuːθˌseɪəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat, queue, and passing vehicle supplies a forecast. Toledo was soothsayered outside the pub, predicting which taxi would stop before any had turned. soothsayinged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the queue for coats as a method of foretelling the journey. sootinessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and leaving the clean coatroom in a condition requiring explanation. Mimie was sootinessed by the taxi rank, carrying a darkened sleeve and somebody else’s ticket. sootinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and coating the route home with the evidence of the evening. Laven was sootinged before the coats were collected, marking the pavement with each unsteady step. sootlessnessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and remarkably free of any visible trace of where the evening was spent. Arlener was sootlessnessed outside the pub, immaculate apart from the missing coat. sooty albatrossed adj. Still drunk, and circling the taxi rank with the patient, maritime persistence of a dark seabird. sooty bark diseased adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tree, a coat stand, and the person expected to drive home. Elainey was sooty bark diseased at closing time and thanked the coat stand for arranging a taxi. sooty blotch and flyspecked adj. Having drunk enough to collect a complex of small dark marks across the coat before reaching home. Asijah was sooty blotch and flyspecked by the station, each hedge having contributed a separate mark. sooty groused adj. Having drunk more than the coatroom can reasonably accommodate, and complaining like a dark woodland bird. Larken was sooty groused, complaining about the coat rack while wearing three coats. sooty gruntered adj. Drunk and issuing a low, dark complaint from the freshwater shallows of northern Australia. Freiya was sooty gruntered, grumbling at the ice as though it occupied a riverbed. sooty kangarooed adj. Drunk to the point where forward progress consists chiefly of large, uncertain bounds. sooty orange tipped adj. Drunk enough to alight briefly on every bright surface, then depart without explanation. sooty terned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing solid ground from a suitable tropical ocean route. sooty-headed bulbulled adj. Drunk beyond coherent song, with a darkened crown and an ornamental confidence in public performance. sooty-headed wrenned adj. Slowed by drink to one small, dark corner of the room, where all remaining thought takes refuge. Vickii went sooty-headed wrenned and perched beside the radiator until closing time. sop kambinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish the late-night soup from a complete account of the evening.