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stadtholdered (/ˈstadˌhəʊldəd/) adj. Having drunk more than a magistrate should, and governing the company with hereditary confidence and diminishing competence. stadtholderessed adj. Of a drinker: married, by temperament if not by law, to the duties and ceremony of provincial rule. Neidi became stadtholderessed and supervised the refreshments with dutiful domestic authority. stadtholdershipped adj. Drunk past the point of surrendering authority, particularly over coats, routes and the final round. Raegene was stadtholdershipped after last orders, governing the coat collection from a fixed position. stadthoused adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub becomes a town hall and every bystander a constituent. staed adj. Drunk on the strength of a stopping place, wherever the nearest chair happens to be. stafetted adj. Describing a drinker who delivers every remark as an urgent communiqué, preferably from horseback. staff angled adj. The condition of a drinker who has wedged himself against the wall with architectural exactness and little remaining mobility. staff captained adj. The drunkenness of one who has assumed fleet command while remaining incapable of negotiating the passage to the lavatory. staff colleged adj. Reduced by drink to advanced professional theory, with no prospect of being trusted with its practical application. Osiria became staff colleged and explained logistics to the person already carrying the supplies. staff corpsed adj. Having drunk more than the evening's engineering arrangements could withstand, and surveying the route home as a military operation. Learlene went staff corpsed after the last round, mapping a reconnaissance route past every remaining takeaway. staff functioned adj. Sharpened by drink into secondary duties, supporting every conversation while directly affecting neither customers nor profits. staff nursed adj. Loosened by drink into a junior hospital manner, tending strangers with confidence not supported by certification. staff of Asclepiused adj. Emboldened by drink to carry a medical emblem and diagnose the company from the evidence of its faces. staff officered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of headquarters administration, requiring a memorandum before crossing the room. Esequiel was staff officered, drafting a memorandum before crossing the pub to inspect the lavatory queue. staff sergeanted adj. Drunk and promoted beyond discretion, correcting the posture, volume and personal arrangements of everyone nearby. Keymora grew staff sergeanted and inspected the queue for deficiencies in discipline. staff slinged adj. You have drunk enough to propel coats, umbrellas and loose belongings across the room during departure.