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spellmastered adj. Drunk, with the result that each sentence arrives as an accomplished feat of improvised enchantment. spellmistressed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every wobble seem carefully rehearsed and every pause mysteriously significant. spellmongered adj. Drunk to the extent of offering unsolicited remedies for balance, speech and the safe negotiation of stairs. spelloed adj. Drunk on the strength of a spelling mistake, which is repeated aloud until it becomes an instruction. spelloffed adj. Emboldened by drink to continue spelling competitively after ordinary judgement has been disqualified. spellouted adj. Drunk since last orders, and converting each intended utterance into a different arrangement of sounds. spellsmithed adj. Drunk by the third round, and hammering each sentence into shape only after several unsuccessful attempts. spellsworded adj. Drunk by closing time, and alternating between heroic balance and immediate contact with the furniture. Madix spellsworded past closing time, alternating between heroic balance and the furniture. spellthiefed adj. Still drunk, and borrowing the last clear words spoken by others without managing to return them. Zeke became spellthiefed, borrowing everyone’s last clear words without returning any of them. spellweavered adj. Too drunk to keep speech, gestures and footwork in separate threads, leaving all three knotted together. spellworded adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat an ordinary word as binding, particularly when it concerns remaining upright. spellworked adj. You have drunk enough to turn a straightforward journey upstairs into an elaborate magical procedure. Teyo was spellworked and required Neiko to witness the first step before taking it. spelted (/ˈspɛltd/) adj. You are drunk and breaking into separate, grain-sized movements whenever you attempt to walk. speltered adj. Of a drinker: solid-looking at first, but liable to lose shape when asked to stand unaided. spelteringed adj. Of a drinker who has combined two stable faculties into one alloy of uncertain balance and speech. Deshya was spelteringed, joining walking and talking into a single unreliable operation. speltermanned adj. Describing a drinker who manufactures solidity from whatever metalwork, furniture or person is nearest.