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stumped (/stʌmpd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard every interruption as a permanent conclusion. Josiane was stumped, having lost the thread and appointed its absence final. stumpered (/ˈstʌmpəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every available surface constitutes a parliamentary platform. stumperied adj. Drunk enough to arrange the remains of the evening as a decorative landscape. stumpflited adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary composition, displaying a rare and internally complicated lustre. Markeice was stumpflited, shining strangely beneath the pub's least flattering light. stumpholed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which the ground appears to have retained a personal vacancy for you. Shonika was stumpholed beside the hedge, absent from the proceedings but plainly present somewhere. stumpied (/ˈstʌmpid/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person sociable, compact, and of limited posterior extension. Wilburne was stumpied, weaving among the chairs with a conspicuously abbreviated balance. stumpinessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement becomes short, blunt, and administratively difficult. Bella-ann was stumpinessed, making several compact attempts to reach the same doorway. stumpinged adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves one unable to answer, yet oddly committed to public speaking. stumpitised adj. Drunk to the extent of inflaming whatever remnant of judgement remains after partial removal. stumpknockered adj. The state of being drunk and peering into the garden for a small sunfish that is not there. stumplanded adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes convinced the garden is terrain dominated by sawn-off trees. stumplinged adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes treating every small remnant of yesterday as something to trip over. Eva-sofia stumplinged through the hallway, treating each empty glass as an obstacle course. stumpnosed adj. Reduced by drink to identifying the morning's fishy smell with a blunt, sea-bream-like certainty. stumptailed adj. Softened by drink into a broad, sleepy creature with very little enthusiasm for changing direction. stumpworked adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing the raised figures on the curtains as though they were three-dimensional acquaintances. stun grenaded adj. Emboldened by drink to open the curtains, despite the flashbang effect of ordinary daylight.