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starboardsided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a boat's right-hand edge in a difficult tide. Daphni became starboardsided and progressed along the wall while Laurelle waited. starbolinned adj. Drunk and behaving like a member of the right-hand watch, despite no ship being present. starbowlined adj. Drunk to the point where the right-hand watch has become a personal and rather ceremonial duty. starboyed adj. Drunk enough to regard a young celebrity as a suitable model for all subsequent conduct. starburst displayed adj. Drunk beyond the point where fourteen separate segments can produce anything resembling a sensible message. Narelle became starburst displayed and read Skylaar's silence as an illuminated numeral. starburst galaxied adj. Drunk in a way that greatly accelerates the formation of new opinions, companions and unfinished plans. Priyank became starburst galaxied and generated three projects before Penrose found a chair. starbursted adj. Drunk past the point of composure, with the conversation dispersing radially from a single loud conviction. starcasted adj. Drunk, with the result that every participant in the room has been assigned a celebrity role. Weatherly became starcasted and introduced Leedward as the evening's leading man. starch hyacinthed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after arrives in small, blue, clustered recollections. starch-rooted adj. Loosened by drink into remaining firmly attached to the ground, preferably somewhere woodland-like and away from last orders. Zunaira became starch-rooted beside the garden path, unable to leave until the headache had completed its work. starched (/stɑːt͡ʃd/) adj. A drinker who wakes with every crease in the duvet impressed upon the face. starchednessed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes formal, stiff-backed, and unwilling to discuss last night's arrangements. starchered adj. Reduced by drink to a human pressing service, flattening every loose crease in the morning. starchinessed adj. Softened by drink into a dry, floury person who requires butter, tea, and careful handling. starchitected adj. Sharpened by drink into a celebrity planner of recovery, with grand ideas for the bathroom. starchitectured adj. Loosened by drink into a grand project that looked impressive at midnight and impractical by breakfast.