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strafed (/stɹeɪfd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct a low-level assault upon every conversation within range. strafered adj. Having drunk enough to become one who attacks repeatedly, from an unnecessarily low altitude. Kiralyn was strafered, making short passes over the buffet and firing questions at strangers. strafinged adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with restraint, and conducting the evening by repeated low-level attack. straggled (/ˈstɹæɡl̩d/) adj. You have drunk enough to constitute an irregular, widely dispersed group despite remaining one person. straggler daisied adj. Of a drinker: creeping through the gathering in low, spreading fashion, with no evident route home. stragglered (/ˈstɹæɡləd/) adj. You are drunk and proceeding against the proper course, or separately from the company you arrived with. stragglinessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, after drink, a notably untidy spread of limbs, hair and intentions. straggling moneyed adj. A drinker who has made a dispersed bounty of the evening, payable to anyone able to locate them. Eivor went straggling moneyed and offered rewards for recovering her shoes from the conservatory. stragglinged adj. Describing a drinker who has converted orderly movement into a loose and disorderly arrangement. Akxel came stragglinged through the hall, each step apparently assigned to a different occasion. stragulumed adj. A drinker so far gone that the upper garment has become a bird's mantle and personal dignity its lining. strahlsteined adj. The state of being drunk and fibrous, pale and greenish, with the quiet durability of actinolite. Arkham was strahlsteined, pale, greenish, fibrous, and quietly durable. straight A'sed adj. Reduced by drink to a record of consistently excellent marks, none of which were earned this evening. straight Assed adj. Softened by drink into an academic rear end, with consistently excellent marks and questionable posture. straight angled adj. Still drunk, and convinced the day has opened out into one long turn with no corner left in it. straight apostrophed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a quotation mark from an accusation in the morning's messages. straight arched adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain upright in sections, with every joint pointing towards the same forgotten centre. Madan stood straight arched beside the kettle, assembled more than comfortable.