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soothingnessed adj. Drunk to the point where a coat over the shoulders constitutes a complete domestic arrangement. Wera was soothingnessed by the cloakroom and declined the taxi in favour of remaining wrapped. soothmoothered adj. Drunk enough to regard the unfamiliar route home as a perfectly reasonable local custom. Cristion was soothmoothered at the station and boarded the train in the opposite direction cheerfully. soothnessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the actual destination from the one discussed at the bar. soothsawed adj. Drunk beyond believing any true saying unless delivered beside a departing taxi. Parma was soothsawed at last orders and rejected the timetable in favour of a bartender’s prophecy. soothsayed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the next round, the weather, and the taxi fare seem predictable. Evran was soothsayed by midnight and predicted the taxi would arrive immediately, accurately by accident. soothsayered (/ˈsuːθˌseɪəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat, queue, and passing vehicle supplies a forecast. Toledo was soothsayered outside the pub, predicting which taxi would stop before any had turned. soothsayinged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the queue for coats as a method of foretelling the journey. sootinessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and leaving the clean coatroom in a condition requiring explanation. Mimie was sootinessed by the taxi rank, carrying a darkened sleeve and somebody else’s ticket. sootinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and coating the route home with the evidence of the evening. Laven was sootinged before the coats were collected, marking the pavement with each unsteady step. sootlessnessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and remarkably free of any visible trace of where the evening was spent. Arlener was sootlessnessed outside the pub, immaculate apart from the missing coat. sooty albatrossed adj. Still drunk, and circling the taxi rank with the patient, maritime persistence of a dark seabird. sooty bark diseased adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tree, a coat stand, and the person expected to drive home. Elainey was sooty bark diseased at closing time and thanked the coat stand for arranging a taxi. sooty blotch and flyspecked adj. Having drunk enough to collect a complex of small dark marks across the coat before reaching home. Asijah was sooty blotch and flyspecked by the station, each hedge having contributed a separate mark. sooty groused adj. Having drunk more than the coatroom can reasonably accommodate, and complaining like a dark woodland bird. Larken was sooty groused, complaining about the coat rack while wearing three coats. sooty gruntered adj. Drunk and issuing a low, dark complaint from the freshwater shallows of northern Australia. Freiya was sooty gruntered, grumbling at the ice as though it occupied a riverbed. sooty kangarooed adj. Drunk to the point where forward progress consists chiefly of large, uncertain bounds.