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Shropshired (/ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has grown placid, woolly and difficult to turn in any direction. Winton was Shropshired and remained beside the radiator throughout the entire evening. Shrove Mondayed adj. Reduced by drink to the day before the final indulgence, with little appetite for reform. Yandell was Shrove Mondayed and treated the next round as administratively inevitable. Shrove Sundayed adj. Softened by drink into the preliminary observance of a fast not yet seriously intended. Janica was Shrove Sundayed and announced a coming period of restraint over another pudding. Shrove Tuesdayed adj. Sharpened by drink into a pancake-minded final flourish before sobriety is theoretically attempted. Ammi was Shrove Tuesdayed and regarded every flat object as a potential pancake. Shrove-caked adj. Loosened by drink into a thin, fried article with a regrettable tendency to accumulate toppings. Wick was Shrove-caked and folded himself around the buffet as though awaiting syrup. Shrovetided adj. Emboldened by drink to observe three successive days of indulgence in one sitting. Mihai grew Shrovetided and defended the fourth pudding as part of a recognised calendar. Shtundismed adj. Reduced by drink to treating every private conviction as a complete system of worship. Marilla became Shtundismed and conducted a personal service beside the fruit machine. Shtundisted adj. Sharpened by drink into a dissenting literalist, hostile to ceremony and supervisory authority. Docia became Shtundisted and disputed the landlord's interpretation of closing time. Shuared adj. Slowed by drink to a careful, unhurried progress from chair to doorway. Kiyomi was Shuared and crossed the room with the deliberation of a person avoiding invisible obstacles. Shubnikov-de Haas effected adj. Drunk and oscillating between conductivity and complete social resistance at irregular intervals. Heili became Shubnikov-de Haas effected, alternating between lively speeches and absolute silence. Shubnikov-de Haas oscillationed adj. Too drunk to proceed continuously, advancing and retreating in measurable cycles between successive steps. Nathasa became Shubnikov-de Haas oscillationed and took three minutes to cross two steps. Shudderied adj. Drunk enough to sort the room into rigid categories, none of which survive questioning. Evalena grew Shudderied and classified the guests by entirely private criteria. Shudraed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising any hierarchy except the immediate availability of another round. Kirean became Shudraed and abandoned every social distinction at the bar. Shuen papered adj. Drunk past the point of firmness, and folding at the first suggestion of a stair. Jeliyah arrived Shuen papered, bending into the armchair without resistance. Shughnanied adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a private, scholarly certainty about distinctions nobody else can locate. Decker became Shughnanied and delivered a lecture on distinctions absent from every reference book. Shughnied adj. The state of being drunk and still insisting, the next morning, that the geography was perfectly clear. Sahrish was Shughnied by breakfast and gave directions involving three valleys that were not nearby.