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spiraxided adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding slowly, coiled, and with the confidence of a garden creature. Tajea was spiraxided, proceeding slowly, coiled, and confident after the third round. spireaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the pub garden for a flowering shrubbery and sleep among it. spired (/spaɪəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and standing upright only in the botanical sense. spireleted adj. Emboldened by drink to address every conversation from a lofty, narrow vantage, leaving companions below. spiremed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where thoughts tangle into one continuous strand, especially when several people are waiting. spirendololed adj. Drunk and calmly blocking every social response, while friends attempt increasingly gentle interventions. Lashina went spirendololed and ignored six invitations to come inside from the rain. spirened adj. Drunk to the point where each exchange develops a second, looping line that nobody else can follow. spirgetined adj. Drunk enough to stimulate the entire gathering, chiefly by making introductions nobody requested. spiricked adj. Drunk past the point of following a straight social line, curving repeatedly back towards the same person. spiricled adj. Drunk beyond usefulness, coiled tightly around one minor point while the company moves on. spirifered adj. Drunk in a way that gives each arm its own grand spiral, usually around an uninvolved companion. spirillosised adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation proceeds in repeated twists, propelled by restless little movements. spirilloxanthinned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every room appear brightly coloured and every companion worth announcing. spirillumed adj. Drunk to the extent of moving in a persistent spiral, with companions forming a cautious perimeter. spirit animaled adj. Still drunk, and treating one chosen companion as a guiding creature through the remaining social obligations. spirit beared adj. Too drunk to distinguish a companion from a rare woodland authority, and consequently deferential to both. Florenda got spirit beared and asked Hettie whether the garden was part of a protected reserve.