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springlined adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the nearest fixed object for safe harbour. springmakered adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounds, and exerting force without a discernible mechanism. springmakinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and manufacturing elastic explanations under pressure. Triton was springmakinged, producing increasingly resilient reasons for remaining at the bar. springolded adj. Emboldened by drink to behave like a young blade, despite having mislaid the confidence halfway through the sentence. springsnailed adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding slowly through the fresh water of the evening. springtailed adj. Drunk by closing time, and propelled about by sudden movements of uncertain purpose. Floyd was springtailed, making short airborne advances between the bar and the lavatory. springtided adj. Still drunk, and treating the return of spring as a personal and slightly damp revelation. springtimed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard winter as concluded, regardless of the calendar or the weather. springwatered adj. You have drunk enough to become a source of clear, intermittent reassurance to nobody. springweared adj. You are drunk and dressed for a season which has not yet agreed to begin. springwooded adj. Of a drinker: pale, wide-set, and expanding visibly into the available furniture. springworted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a medicinal air and is now being avoided by sensible people. Talaija was springworted, offering herbal remedies to guests who had requested neither remedies nor conversation. sprinkled (/ˈspɹɪŋkəld/) adj. Describing a drinker who has distributed small portions of drink across the table, shirt and floor. Abrielle was sprinkled, with pale droplets marking her route from the bar to the window. sprinkler headed adj. A drinker so far gone that any sudden warmth produces a broad response from the ceiling region. sprinkler strategied adj. The state of being drunk and attempting simultaneous entry into every conversation, market and queue. Jed was sprinkler strategied, addressing the band, the kitchen and a taxi firm at once. sprinkler systemed adj. The condition of a drinker who distributes refreshments through several connected channels, chiefly sleeves.