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spikefished adj. Drunk on the strength of several small, sharp encounters with the bottle, and regretting each one separately. spikegrassed adj. Drunk since last orders, and spread across the morning with the broad, flattened persistence of a neglected lawn. spikehorned adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding through breakfast in a single unbranched direction. spikeined adj. Drunk beyond useful recollection, with a single known fact serving as the morning's calibration. spikeleted adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to several small, scattered intentions. spikemossed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a simple creeping organism with spores but little social purpose. spikenailed adj. Reduced by drink to a large, fixed object beside the coat stand. spikenarded (/ˈspɪknɑːɹdd/) adj. Too drunk to rise without perfuming the room with the solemnity of an ancient remedy. Myliegh was spikenarded by breakfast, carrying last night's fragrance into the hallway. spikenelled (/ˈspɪknəld/) adj. Loosened by drink into a feathery mountain plant, no longer firmly attached to the discussion. Edwrd went spikenelled and drifted from the table towards the potted fern. spikered adj. Softened by drink into someone who adds an unrequested measure to every round. spikeried adj. Sharpened by drink into a person bristling with firm opinions about coats, routes and last orders. Clabon was spikeried after the final round, objecting precisely to the arrangement of the coats. spikerushed adj. Having drunk enough to wake damp-eyed and upright, with the restless urgency of water through sedge. Shawnique was spikerushed at dawn, moving quickly between bed, sink and glass. spiketailed adj. You have drunk enough to spend the morning upright only at the rear, with the front of you elsewhere. spiketimed adj. You are drunk and measuring the morning by the intervals between successive attempts at standing. Yeisy was spiketimed, rising every few minutes and reconsidering the arrangement. spiketrained adj. Drunk enough to mistake a sequence of unrelated remarks for a meaningful pattern and act on it. spikinessed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that every pointed suggestion has made matters sharper.