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stethoscopied adj. Having drunk more than the diagnostic situation warrants, and listening to the pudding for symptoms. stethoscopisted adj. Having drunk enough to become skilled in listening to organs, furniture, and the odd radiator. stetindited adj. You have drunk enough to become a tetragonal mineral, though still unable to stand squarely. stetsonned adj. Emboldened by drink to swagger into ordinary conversations as though arriving at a frontier saloon. stetted (/stɛtd/) adj. Drunk beyond editorial correction: whatever was crossed out is now being said again. steupsed adj. Drunk enough to suck your teeth at every remark until the whole table joins in reluctantly. stevastelinned adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the friends gathered round are not a bacterial culture. Jayten went stevastelinned and tried to prescribe the remaining lager to Starr. steved (/stiːvd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a gentle east-to-west drift, with occasional unexplained brightness. stevedore's knotted adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation crosses itself repeatedly and nobody can find the loose end. stevedored (/ˈstiːvəˌdɔː(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk beyond being trusted near the buffet, yet still supervising everyone's loading and unloading of plates. stevened (/ˈstiːvənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of addressing the company in a voice intended for shipyards and distant hills. steveninned adj. Drunk on the strength of an obscure compound, and determined that everyone present should hear about it. stevensited adj. Drunk since last orders, and composed of several incompatible opinions held together by habit. steviaed (/ˈstiːvɪəd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and sweet enough to forgive interruptions while making several of them. stevioled adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically detached from the conversation while remaining stubbornly present. steviosided adj. Still drunk, and sweetening every disagreement until the company suspects a concealed objection.