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sunspaced adj. Having drunk more than enough to require a particularly sunny room for ordinary thought. sunspecsed adj. You have drunk enough to wear dark glasses indoors without offering an explanation. sunspidered adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving with a many-legged determination no one could direct. sunspot numbered adj. Drunk past the point of counting drinks sensibly, but still assigning the evening a fluctuating numerical value. sunspoted (/ˈsʌnspɒtd/) adj. Drunk enough to develop a dark patch in your attention, around which all conversation exerts a curious pull. sunspottednessed adj. Drunk beyond a uniform condition, with conspicuous patches of sobriety surrounded by magnetic confusion. Catharine was sunspottednessed, lucid at the table and entirely lost between it and the lavatory. sunstared adj. Sufficiently drunk to require numerous points of contact before completing a simple movement. sunsteaded (/ˈsʌnstɛdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that fixes your sense of time at an extreme point and your feet at another. sunsteded adj. Drunk to the extent of remaining upright only at a particular point in the room. Acacia was sunsteded beside the radiator, where she maintained a precarious vertical arrangement. sunstoned adj. Drunk on the strength of a hard, glittering certainty that becomes less useful whenever you move. sunstriked adj. Drunk since last orders, and temporarily blinded by the reflective complexity of the road home. sunstroked adj. Drunk by the third round, and overheated enough to mistake the stairs for a mild natural hazard. sunsuited adj. Drunk by closing time, and dressed mentally for protection from conditions no one else has noticed. Chanon was sunsuited, guarding her face from the pub's lamps as though they were tropical weather. suntan creamed adj. Too drunk to distinguish protection from decoration, and applying every available precaution to the wrong part of the evening. suntan lotioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to move cautiously, as though each surface required careful preparation before contact. suntan oiled adj. Having drunk enough to become polished, slippery, and difficult to retain in any stable position.