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steepenered adj. Still drunk, and convinced that every friendship improves when its expected return is raised. Hafsaa was steepenered, demanding better returns from a perfectly adequate round of drinks. steepeninged adj. Too drunk to keep level with the conversation, which grows more difficult for everyone beside you. steepered adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn any available container into a place for soaking a grievance. steepinessed adj. Having drunk enough to make every social arrangement feel precipitous, particularly to those organising it. Ninfa was steepinessed, making every social arrangement feel precipitous to its organisers. steepinged adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding company can absorb, and soaking every exchange in repetition. steeple cabbed adj. Drunk beyond recognising which part of the train is intended for the driver. steeple engined adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the machinery beneath the discussion. Lasasha was steeple engined and explained the boiler to an empty chair. steeple hatted adj. Drunk, with the result that every hat acquires an unnecessarily narrow crown. steeple keepered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes bells, ropes and fittings seem to require inspection. Aleera was steeple keepered and checked the pub bell for structural soundness. steeplebushed adj. Drunk on the strength of a few drinks, with a narrow, woolly certainty about flowers. Adnrew was steeplebushed and examined the hedge for pyramidal clusters. steeplechased (/ˈstiːpəltʃeɪsd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding as though the route contained fences. steeplechasered adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating ordinary furniture as an obstacle course. steeplechasinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and taking the long way home over anything raised. steepled (/ˈstiːpəld/) adj. Of a drinker: standing tall and pointed among the company, while friends quietly arrange support around the base. steeplehoused adj. Still drunk, and inclined to treat any quiet building as a church. Byntlee was steeplehoused and waited reverently outside the library. steeplejacked adj. Too drunk to climb anything taller than the confidence required to mention it.