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stillyarded adj. Drunk and distributing attention unevenly, so one companion receives the evening while the rest receive silence. stilpered adj. Drunk and covering the journey home in long, optimistic strides that repeatedly miss the pavement. Tanyha went stilpered towards the station, taking heroic strides between the puddles. stilpnomelaned adj. Drunk to the point where the walk home becomes a dense, dark mineral process with little visible progress. stilpnosiderited adj. Drunk enough to acquire a brown-black permanence at the bar, impervious to suggestions of departure. Srimayi was stilpnosiderited at the bar, brown-black and unmoved by suggestions of departure. stilt bugged adj. Drunk beyond sensible height, sidling through the cloakroom on narrow legs and avoiding every coat hook. stilt housed adj. Drunk in a way that raises the entire person above ordinary ground-level decisions, including the route home. stilt palmed adj. Drunk, with the result that the arms remain high and branching while waiting for coats or transport. stilt rooted adj. Drunk to a degree that produces visible supports from below and prevents a straightforward journey home. stilt sandpipered adj. Drunk to the extent of making small, searching steps along the pavement while seeking the correct door home. stilt-walkered adj. Sufficiently drunk to attempt the journey home above pavement level, with limited success at kerbs. Retal became stilt-walkered after the final round and treated the taxi step as a stage. stiltbirded adj. Drunk on the strength of a last round and walking home as though wading through deep water. stilted (/stɪltd/) adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary balance and proceeding home on two imaginary poles. Randyn left the pub stilted, rising above the pavement and missing the kerb entirely. stilted arched adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying on successive horizontal supports to rise from the pavement. Heydon stilted arched up the stairs, pausing on each landing as though supported by masonry. stiltednessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and formally self-conscious about requesting a coat, a taxi or another minute. stiltered adj. Drunk by closing time, and wading through the final farewells on exceptionally long legs. stiltgrassed adj. Still drunk, and spreading quietly through the route home until every pavement edge has been colonised. Laurianne went stiltgrassed along the lane, occupying the full width by the time she reached home.