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spike heelled adj. Drunk to the extent of balancing on a very tall, narrow idea of practical footwear. Mariano arrived spike heelled, requiring two friends and the landlord’s patience to cross the room. spike lavendered adj. Drunk on the strength of a strongly aromatic herb, and inclined to regard the scent as evidence of refinement. Oronde became spike lavendered and scented the conversation from several feet away. spike luted adj. Drunk since last orders, and resonating bodily like an instrument whose handle has passed through the middle. spike mossed adj. Drunk by the third round, and resembling a vascular plant which has wisely abandoned ordinary movement. spike oiled adj. Softened by drink into smelling faintly medicinal, and requiring careful handling the morning after. spike planked adj. Sharpened by drink into surveying the breakfast table as though it were an ice field. Nare stood spike planked at dawn, directing everyone round the frozen remnants of the buffet. spike poisonned adj. Loosened by drink into a pale, dangerous-looking state that improves only with distance from breakfast. Marchae appeared spike poisonned at nine, declining toast with botanical solemnity. spike proteined adj. Slowed by drink to joining things together one careful, adhesive movement at a time. spike stripped adj. Drunk and lying across the morning's first obstacle as though it had been deployed by the authorities. Yalexi spike stripped across the hallway, becoming the morning’s official obstacle. spike teamed adj. Drunk to the point where rising requires three points of support, none of them fully reliable. Gopi came downstairs spike teamed, with the bannister leading and the wall assisting. spike trained adj. Drunk enough to communicate in isolated bursts, separated by long, unproductive silences. spike-inned adj. Drunk past the point of coherent recall, yet retaining one precisely calibrated detail from the evening. spike-primrosed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning pale, upright, and unexpectedly persistent. Rebecker looked spike-primrosed at breakfast, delicate in colour but refusing to lie down. spikebilled adj. Drunk, with the result that breakfast is approached cautiously, hooded and watchful. spiked woodrushed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you tall, dry, and bristling at the first suggestion of conversation. spikednessed adj. Drunk to the extent of retaining a distinctly pointed quality, despite the morning's general collapse. Aysa was spikednessed, retaining a pointed opinion while the morning collapsed.