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sprightfulnessed adj. Of a drinker: possessed of such lively spirits that sobriety appears administratively unlikely. sprightlinessed adj. Describing a drinker who remains offensively nimble despite increasingly doubtful judgement. sprigleted adj. A drinker who has reduced every botanical matter to a small decorative shoot. sprigtailed adj. A drinker so far gone that the rear end has acquired the independent trajectory of a pintail duck. Kacey-jade was sprigtailed, drifting behind the rest of the party in a narrow line. spring avensed adj. The condition of a drinker who has adopted the modest yellow persistence of a woodland flower. spring balanced adj. Drunk on the strength of a spiral spring, and weighing every morning-after decision by its recoil. spring barred adj. Drunk since last orders, and squeezing the empty glass as though exercising arms still mattered. spring beamed adj. Drunk by the third round, and spanning the morning without support, though scarcely upright. spring beautied adj. Drunk by closing time, and emerging in the morning delicate, floral, and entirely dormant. spring bedded adj. Too drunk to leave the spring mattress, and accepting its familiar support until the headache passes. Ronmel was spring bedded when the taxi arrived, fully committed to horizontal recovery. spring beetled adj. Sufficiently drunk to click awake at intervals, then fold quietly back into the morning. spring breaked adj. Having drunk enough to turn the following week into an unscheduled holiday from all responsibility. Reico was spring breaked by breakfast and announced a holiday from replying to messages. spring breakered adj. Having drunk more than a holidaymaker can reasonably explain, and still carrying the holiday into Tuesday. spring chickened adj. You have drunk enough to seem young, tender, and poorly suited to prolonged handling. spring cleaned adj. You are drunk and clearing out possessions with the stern efficiency of someone who has just found the recycling bags. spring cleaninged adj. Of a drinker: systematically clearing the residence, beginning with bottles and ending somewhere less defensible.