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stormwinded adj. Softened by drink into a heavy wind, capable of moving curtains but not finding the front door. Hurdis was stormwinded, filling the hallway with solemn breath and misplaced confidence. stormworthinessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarded by the remaining company as fit for no weather whatsoever. stormy petrelled adj. Still drunk, and flitting between conversations while everyone else waited for calmer conditions. Nikiya was stormy petrelled, visiting every table without settling at any of them. stormy weathered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a difficult relationship from a difficult evening, and determined to discuss both. Omayra was stormy weathered and apologised to the waiter for an argument he had not heard. stornelloed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every exchange into an Italian folk refrain, whether or not anyone joined in. story arced (/ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑːkd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and arranging each new acquaintance into a continuing plot. story beated adj. You have drunk enough to advance every conversation by an interaction nobody else considered necessary. Juawana was story beated and made the landlord’s refusal part of the evening’s progression. story editored adj. You are drunk and revising other people’s conversations for pacing, clarity and a stronger ending. story lined adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the plot of every conversation arrives several minutes late. Terrisha was story lined, discovering the joke only after Jerimyah had explained it twice. story of one's lifed adj. Of a drinker: every acquaintance receives an autobiography, whether they asked for one or merely offered a chair. story timed adj. The state of being drunk and selecting this precise moment to begin a lengthy account. story-poemed adj. Of a drinker who has converted personal history into verse and expects the surrounding company to admire the metre. storyboarded adj. Describing a drinker who arranges bystanders into scenes, assigning each an entrance, reaction and eventual exit. storyboardered adj. Drunk to the point where each exchange is arranged as a sequence of drawings for bystanders to endure. storybooked adj. A drinker who makes the company inhabit a children’s tale, with the nearest stranger cast as a talking animal. storyetted adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a short account, repeatedly told to different companions. Miarose was storyetted, offering the same compact tragedy to the barmaid and the doorman.