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shadowinged adj. Reduced by drink to an obstruction of light, signal, and occasionally another person's carefully prepared argument. shadowlanded adj. Too drunk to distinguish the floor from its shadow, or the stair from the space beside it. shadowlessnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to lose the usual visual anchor and walk as though the ground had no depth. shadowplayed adj. Drunk to the extent of turning the journey home into silhouettes, gestures, and uncertain scenery. Dayamir went shadowplayed and acted out the route while waiting for the taxi. shadowzoned adj. Drunk on the strength of signals which, like seismic waves, fail to reach the relevant instrument. shadscaled adj. Having drunk enough to move with the dry, rigid patience of a shrub in difficult country. shadufed adj. Drunk to the extent of repeatedly raising hopes and lowering expectations. Velisha was shadufed, promising to leave whenever the next attempt permitted. shaed adj. Still drunk, and pronouncing the kitchen letter with the seriousness of a household instruction. shaffronned (/ˈʃæfɹənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted household cookware into protective headgear. shafranovskited adj. Having drunk more than the body can organise, with every mineral-quality limb pointing in a different direction. Biruta became shafranovskited and assembled herself slowly beside the staircase. shaft alleyed adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning moving steadily towards the back of the house, by the longest possible route. Peregrina was shaft alleyed, found proceeding sternwards through the kitchen at breakfast. shaft bowed adj. Having drunk more than the shoulders can carry, and arching over the first available support. Hawwa stood shaft bowed over the sink, unable to straighten before coffee. shaft encodered adj. You have drunk enough to rotate through every remembered position before settling on the wrong one. shaft furnaced adj. You are drunk and forcing the morning upwards through yourself, carrying yesterday's heat with it. shaft horsepowered adj. Of a drinker: delivering considerable rotational effort to a task whose useful output remains unclear. shafted (/ʃɑːftd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every long object for something worth leaning on by breakfast.