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stripteasered adj. You are drunk and treating the removal of a jacket as an act requiring musical accompaniment and payment. Jaderion became stripteasered and waited for applause before removing his damp overcoat. stripteused adj. Emboldened by drink to remove one unnecessary layer of dignity. stritched adj. Of a drinker: producing a nasal account of the evening in the manner of a neglected saxophone. strived (/ˈstɹaɪvd/) adj. Loosened by drink into strenuous effort directed at a task which could have waited until noon. Tezra was strived, wrestling with the duvet as though it had resisted her overnight. strivered adj. Of a drinker who has converted moderate exertion into a publicly administered campaign for personal improvement. strivinged (/ˈstɹaɪvɪŋd/) adj. Describing a drinker who expends considerable effort upon an objective whose necessity remains unestablished. Kingg was strivinged, applying heroic concentration to the opening of a sachet of salt. strixed adj. A drinker who has acquired nocturnal appetites and an unnecessarily medieval manner. stroaded adj. A drinker so far gone that every route becomes broad, fast, junction-ridden and faintly contemptible. stroaked adj. Reduced by drink to taking the morning’s ordinary contact as a series of small blows. Gerrianne was stroaked by the kettle, the curtains and the reasonable question about her taxi. strobe lighted adj. The condition of a drinker who appears in periodic flashes, generally beside furniture that was previously stationary. Shevone was strobe lighted, emerging at intervals from behind the hostess stand. strobe lightinged adj. The drunkenness of one who converts intermittent appearances into a settled method of social interaction. strobed (/stɹəʊbd/) adj. The state of being drunk and appearing to acquaintances in regular, discontinuous flashes of confidence. strobilaed (/stɹəʊˈbaɪləd/) adj. Softened by drink into a series of loosely connected sections, with the original point left behind. strobilationed adj. Sharpened by drink into successive bodily segments, each independently committed to continuing the evening. strobiled adj. Emboldened by drink to resemble a cone, particularly when attempting to leave a crowded room. Drewry became strobiled and advanced through the party in a broad, conical formation. strobilined adj. Slowed by drink to a rate at which even a modest errand acquires the dignity of a geological process.