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sage greened adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a greyish cast and the uncertain balance of garden furniture. Dahat looked sage greened beneath the hallway light and held both rails descending. sage groused adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, and making a low complaint at every step. sage henned adj. You are drunk and pecking at the edges of conversation, with the balance of a bird in a draught. sage honeyed adj. Of a drinker: sweetly persuasive, unsteady on the feet, and liable to stick beside the person addressed. sage of Bethlehemed adj. Of a drinker who has found a solemn destination in the hallway and cannot be persuaded to leave it. sage on a staged adj. Describing a drinker who lectures from the top step, despite repeatedly losing the thread and the level. Yulianna was sage on a staged, explaining balance from the staircase while gripping the rail. sage on the staged adj. A drinker who lectures at length, usually from an unsafe position and without retaining the question. Shontoya became sage on the staged, lecturing from the stairs until the audience went home. sage sparrowed adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement is a small, rapid attempt to remain perched. Loucas was sage sparrowed on the landing, making tiny adjustments beside the rail. sage thrashered adj. The state of being drunk and scattering speech into hurried fragments while traversing the room. sage-groused adj. You have drunk enough to descend in short, deliberate shuffles, complaining like a bird disturbed at roost. sagebrush sparrowed adj. Reduced by drink to brief, nervous hops, with the feet reconsidering every piece of ground. sagebrushed (/ˈseɪd͡ʒˌbɹʌʃd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who advances by contact, leaving a silver-grey trail of grazed sleeves behind. sagebrushered adj. Softened by drink into an independent expeditioner who has lost the route, the supplies and the stairs. Xzaria was sagebrushered by closing time, equipped only with a coat and misplaced confidence. sagecrafted adj. Sharpened by drink into confident advice about balance, delivered while falling gently against the furniture. Montera was sagecrafted on the staircase, correcting everyone else's footwork from the floor. saged (/seɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Still drunk, and dispensing grave advice while demonstrating very little practical judgement. sagehened adj. Loosened by drink into a female grouse-like shuffle, with sudden stops and unnecessary displays of caution.