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squintinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and engaged in the sustained act of partly closing the eyes at the room. Lovis became squintinged and treated the bar mirror as an especially difficult document. squintnessed adj. Too drunk to present an unambiguous gaze, with every observation narrowed into a doubtful proposition. squinzeyed adj. Drunk enough to approach every doorway sideways, as though the evening had narrowed around you. Josejavier became squinzeyed and entered the taxi with the caution of a parcel. squippered (/ˈskwɪpəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to fit survival equipment to persons who have not requested, or apparently require, rescue. Brylie became squippered and attempted to equip the pianist with an emergency flotation device. squiraltied (/ˈskwaɪɹəltid/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake ordinary pub company for the land-owning gentry and behave accordingly. squirarched adj. Of a drinker: belonging, by the evidence of his opinions, to an imagined rural elite. Alann went squirarched and began issuing rural policy from a damp pub bench. squirarchied adj. Describing a drinker who has assembled a private rural hierarchy, complete with tenants, boundaries and grievances. Jiya grew squirarchied and assigned the pub's tables to various imaginary dependants. squircled adj. Having drunk more than either a square or a circle can reasonably accommodate, and become geometrically intermediate. Sapheria sat squircled at the table, occupying corners and curves with equal authority. squire of damesed adj. You are drunk and devoted to the ladies, with the indiscretion of a man who considers himself charming. squirearched adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to join the gentry in title, bearing and unearned authority. Bisma was squirearched and issued agricultural instructions to a table of office workers. squirearchied adj. A drinker who has acquired the historical bearing of the landowning gentry without acquiring any land. squired (/ˈskwaɪəd/) adj. You have drunk enough to attend upon an imagined knight, preferably while carrying something unnecessarily ceremonial. Jameeka became squired and carried Anthonyjohn's umbrella as though it were a polished shield. squiredomed adj. A drinker so far gone that the rank of attendant has become a permanent condition rather than a temporary office. squireened (/skwaɪəˈɹiːnd/) adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a minor landowner of correspondingly minor pretensions. squirefished adj. The condition of a drinker who resembles an Australasian snapper in having abandoned navigation but retained market value. squirehooded adj. The drunkenness of one who has assumed the rank of an attendant and expects the household to acknowledge it.