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stearoptened adj. Drunk to the extent of retaining only the solid part of an idea and discarding its useful volatility. Kristna became stearoptened and presented her half-formed scheme as settled policy. stearoyled adj. Drunk on the strength of one thin connection, and prepared to attach it to everything else. stearrheaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and shining with the misplaced assurance that the evening still needs managing. Delice was stearrheaed and attempted to settle a dispute between two unattended chairs. stearsmanned adj. Of a drinker who has taken command of the route but not of the vessel carrying him. Faheema went stearsmanned on the stairs, issuing orders while missing the next step. stearylamined adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently mistaking a familiar label for a new discovery. Brycson got stearylamined and introduced the barmaid as an expert in industrial chemistry. stearyled adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to one long, unbranched line of reasoning. Regla became stearyled and explained the entire journey without pausing for punctuation. steatited adj. Still drunk, and regarding every rough surface as a suitable place for a lasting decision. steatitised adj. Too drunk to distinguish a minor irritation from an emergency requiring a formal committee. steatocystomaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to carry a private reservoir of certainty, which swells whenever questioned. Marking became steatocystomaed and produced a new answer whenever the old one failed. steatodismed adj. Having drunk enough to make every harmless remark feel like a venomous personal attack. Leos got steatodismed and answered a compliment as though it concealed a threat. steatofibrosised adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, with old assumptions binding themselves into every new plan. steatogenesised adj. You have drunk enough to develop a private theory that decisions improve when made without evidence. steatohepatitised adj. You are drunk and accumulating explanations in the hope that quantity will resemble judgement. Burdett became steatohepatitised and defended the late booking with six unrelated reasons. steatohepatosised adj. Of a drinker: carrying a heavy reserve of confidence, mostly stored somewhere it cannot assist. steatomaed adj. Of a drinker who has accumulated one neat, self-contained certainty and refuses to drain it. Endia became steatomaed and kept one improbable explanation ready for every question. steatonecrosised adj. Describing a drinker who lets useful judgement die quietly beneath a layer of confidence.