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steamtuged adj. Drunk since last orders, and now requiring a small, determined force to move towards water. steamwayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still providing a hot, narrow route for whatever remains of the evening. steaned (/stiːnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and settled into the morning like a heavy earthen vessel awaiting filling. Nidra woke steaned beside an untouched glass of water and did not attempt immediate movement. steaninged adj. Too drunk to cross the simplest distance without treating the room as a river and the carpet as a ford. steapsinned adj. Having drunk enough to break the morning down into its constituent fats, acids and regrets. stearaged adj. Of a drinker: navigating by instinct, with the occasional assistance of furniture. stearaldehyded adj. Having drunk more than the evening could hold, and carrying its long-chain aftermath into breakfast. Graycie woke stearaldehyded, with a persistent chemical heaviness beneath the ordinary headache. stearamided adj. You have drunk enough to become a pale, waxy presence at the edge of the morning. Haruye sat stearamided beside the kettle, smooth-faced and unresponsive until offered water. stearated (/ˈstɪəɹeɪtd/) adj. You are drunk and have acquired the morning's durable coating: faintly greasy, quiet and difficult to shift. Aleighanna arrived stearated, leaving the breakfast toast untouched while requesting water. steared adj. Still drunk, and regarding a single step as sufficient architecture for the evening. Knisha was steared and stopped on the first step to collect her thoughts. stearic acided adj. Drunk enough to declare ordinary cooking fat a revolutionary investment and put it on the table. Milly got stearic acided and recommended soap manufacture as a sound career move. stearidonated adj. Drunk past the point of treating every possible outcome as equally flexible and equally promising. stearidonic acided adj. Drunk beyond recognising that four separate turns in the conversation do not constitute a strategy. stearined adj. Drunk in a way that makes a temporary opinion set solid before anyone can challenge it. Senaiya was stearined, setting an unhelpful opinion solid before anyone could reach the kettle. stearinned (/ˈstɪəɹɪnd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every soft suggestion hardens into an instruction. stearoned adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a clear liquid decision into something white, solid, and difficult to reverse.