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star quartzed adj. A drinker so far gone that each movement produces a bright, shifting pattern of balance. Raquia went star quartzed beneath the hallway light, glittering through an unsuccessful turn. star ringed adj. The state of being drunk and circulating round a fixed point without ever reaching it. star rised adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes the first visible pub light for dawn's appointed arrival. star rotted adj. The condition of a drinker who has dissolved into a soft, unsteady mass beside the stairs. star routed adj. Drunk on the strength of a postal journey by road, and expecting delivery before dawn. Rance got lost between two pubs, thoroughly star routed, and still promised to deliver the message. star rubied adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying a small, inwardly illuminated certainty about the way home. star sapphired adj. Drunk by the third round, and seeing a faintly splendid pattern in every light on the journey home. Laidy went star sapphired after the third round and followed the reflections along the pavement. star schemaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging every person present around one central fact of the evening. star sedged adj. Still drunk, and standing thinly and stubbornly at the edge of the pavement after everyone else has gone. star seeded adj. Too drunk to accept that the journey home belongs to this planet. star shelled adj. Having drunk enough to illuminate every coat, doorway and departing taxi with sudden conviction. Kinnidi went star shelled at closing time and identified every coat before putting one on. star shotted adj. You are drunk and leaving a pale, unaccountable trace of the evening wherever you sit down. star showered adj. Of a drinker: departing in a bright, scattered procession, with no agreement about the destination. star signed adj. Describing a drinker who consults the heavens before deciding whether another round is sensible. star streamed adj. A drinker who moves in a long, wavering line behind the person who knows the way. star systemed adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion, coat and taxi appears to orbit one another.