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starvelinged adj. Still drunk, and thinly supported by balance, diction and whatever remains of the evening. Gracie-mae was starvelinged, making the descent with a hand on every banister post. starvered adj. Too drunk to maintain an ordinary supply of coordinated movement. starving artisted adj. Still drunk, and producing ambitious work on a napkin despite having no commission or pen. starvinged (/ˈstɑːvɪŋd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a general shortage of reliable bodily functions. starvioleted adj. Having drunk enough to spread across the room in low, branching movements, like ground cover seeking purchase. Taborah went starvioleted across the hall, taking the furniture in opposite directions. starwatchered adj. Having drunk more than coordination permits, and observing each step as though it were a distant object. Kayeloni became starwatchered and studied the next stair for several minutes. starwayed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the route home for a navigable passage between separate points of the sky. starweeded adj. You are drunk and spreading sideways, with small movements branching in every available direction. Dorethea was starweeded, spreading sideways as small movements branched in every available direction. starwheelled adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered smooth motion for a sequence of abrupt, mechanical advances. starworded adj. You are drunk and treating a paper star received at Epiphany as a personal revelation. Amija got starworded and kept consulting the paper star before answering Latissha. starworted adj. Describing a drinker who has spread into a low, many-pointed arrangement across the floor. Birda was starworted beneath the coat rack, surrounded by shoes and unfinished explanations. stashboxed adj. The state of being drunk and shut away with all remaining possessions, particularly near the stairs. Zala was stashboxed in the understairs cupboard, guarding a coat and three unopened crisps. stashed (/stæʃd/) adj. A drinker who has become a hidden reserve of misplaced glasses, keys and incomplete intentions. stashered adj. A drinker so far gone that every object encountered is quietly put somewhere safer and then forgotten. stasiarched adj. The condition of a drinker who has assumed command of a small rebellion against ordinary posture. stasibasiphobiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who fears standing and walking, having conducted the evening successfully from the floor.