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stegodonned adj. Reduced by drink to a prehistoric scale of movement, requiring a broad route and considerable patience to reach home. stegodonted adj. Softened by drink into a large, amiable presence that cannot be hurried through last orders. Chavely was stegodonted, amiably occupying the doorway until someone completed last orders. stegodontided adj. Sharpened by drink into a person with a remarkably pointed view of who ought to pay for the taxi. stegoed adj. The state of being drunk and hiding the request for another round in an otherwise ordinary sentence. stegokrotaphied adj. Loosened by drink into a drinker whose skull, opinions and coat all seem to have separate hinges. stegosaured (/ˈstɛɡəsoɹd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the road, collect every coat, and lead the party home without consultation. Seabron went stegosaured and appointed himself commander of the route to the night bus. stegosaurianed adj. Slowed by drink to a careful, plated progress in which each kerb requires a formal assessment. Cleven was stegosaurianed along the pavement, assessing each kerb with plated caution. stegosaurided adj. Drunk and carrying the evening's accumulated coats as though they were a ceremonial burden. stegosaurined adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt to leave acquires a second row of unnecessary obstacles. Hunayn became stegosaurined when collecting his coat somehow involved three separate queues. stegosaurused adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding with a plated back, a modest brain and considerable defensive confidence. Haochen became stegosaurused and crossed the dance floor with his back turned resolutely towards danger. stegostomed adj. Drunk past the point of opening the mouth without first checking whether another round is already inside it. stegotexted adj. Drunk beyond communicating plainly, leaving the taxi instructions hidden beneath several harmless-looking messages. steguraled adj. Drunk in a way that gives the journey home an unwelcome trailing appendage. steigerited adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening crystallises into a hard, angular conviction about taking one final round. Janier became steigerited and defended the last round as a matter of mineral certainty. steinbocked adj. A drinker so far gone that he regards every hillside as a legitimate route upwards. Yonda spent supper attempting the steepest path to the lavatories, thoroughly steinbocked. steinboked adj. Drunk in a way that makes every minor interruption prompt a sudden, delicate retreat. Janille was steinboked, withdrawing from the buffet whenever someone approached.