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spigneted adj. Slowed by drink to the stately pace of an aromatic American shrub, with comparable mobility. spigot algorithmed adj. Drunk to the point where each successive digit of the evening is generated with increasing imprecision. spigoted (/ˈspɪ.ɡətd/) adj. Drunk and functioning as the peg in a cask, preventing any further release of the evening. spigurnelled (/spɪˈɡɜː(ɹ)nəld/) adj. Drunk enough to seal every writ in chancery, including several addressed to the wrong monarch. spike additioned (/spʌɪk əˈdɪʃ(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk past the point of estimating anything without adding a known quantity of spirits to it. Charnique grew spike additioned and improved the lemonade with a measured experimental aliquot. spike attacked adj. Drunk beyond the point where several simultaneous detonations seem an appropriate model for one’s arrival. spike camped adj. Drunk in a way that establishes a remote, ill-equipped outpost wherever the person happens to stop. spike fiddled adj. Drunk, with the result that the body becomes a stringed instrument played by an unreliable bow. spike heathed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a small south-eastern shrub seem an adequate personal identity. Fnan became spike heathed and settled beneath the radiator in dignified silence. spike heelled adj. Drunk to the extent of balancing on a very tall, narrow idea of practical footwear. Mariano arrived spike heelled, requiring two friends and the landlord’s patience to cross the room. spike lavendered adj. Drunk on the strength of a strongly aromatic herb, and inclined to regard the scent as evidence of refinement. Oronde became spike lavendered and scented the conversation from several feet away. spike luted adj. Drunk since last orders, and resonating bodily like an instrument whose handle has passed through the middle. spike mossed adj. Drunk by the third round, and resembling a vascular plant which has wisely abandoned ordinary movement. spike oiled adj. Softened by drink into smelling faintly medicinal, and requiring careful handling the morning after. spike planked adj. Sharpened by drink into surveying the breakfast table as though it were an ice field. Nare stood spike planked at dawn, directing everyone round the frozen remnants of the buffet. spike poisonned adj. Loosened by drink into a pale, dangerous-looking state that improves only with distance from breakfast. Marchae appeared spike poisonned at nine, declining toast with botanical solemnity.