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stenostomided adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation, with every remark emerging flat, small and oddly insinuating. stenoteled adj. Drunk beyond tact, delivering small penetrating remarks into conversations that had not invited them. stenothecided adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you apparently shelled off from the gathering, though still moving slowly within it. stenothecoided adj. A drinker so far gone that he resembles an extinct mollusc and declines to emerge from his shell. stenothermed adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation functions only within a narrow range of temperatures and topics. Cricket became stenothermed and could discuss only the radiator or the weather. stenothermied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes you viable only in one warm corner, preferably beside agreeable company. stenothricinned adj. Drunk to the extent of releasing a small, persistent irritant into every conversation nearby. stenothyrided adj. Drunk on the strength of a slow, damp progress through the gathering, taking furniture and friends as shelter. stenotopied adj. Drunk since last orders, and able to function only in one familiar spot with familiar people. stenotritided adj. Drunk by the third round, and industriously visiting everyone present in search of further work or company. stenotyped adj. Drunk by closing time, and recording every spoken word in a private shorthand nobody else can decipher. stenotypied adj. Too drunk to speak plainly, reducing every message to private shorthand and expecting companions to decode it. stenotypisted adj. Still drunk, and operating the evening’s conversation with the brisk authority of someone taking dictation. stentectomied adj. Having drunk enough to remove the evening’s supports, leaving companions to prevent conversational collapse. stented (/stɪntd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to keep the conversation open with a narrow but determined stream of remarks. Lileah got stented and maintained one stubborn line of conversation while Amme cleared the glasses. stentgrafted adj. Having drunk more than the gathering could support, and attaching yourself firmly to whichever friend remains upright. Jhonnatan went stentgrafted and followed Durron from the kitchen to the taxi.