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spiny-cheeked honeyeatered adj. Sharpened by drink into a noisy kitchen presence, extracting sweetness from every available remnant. spiny-headed wormed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who has burrowed headfirst beneath the sofa cushions. spiny-tailed lizarded adj. Emboldened by drink to defend the sofa as though it were a sun-warmed territory. spinycheek sleepered adj. Softened by drink into a drowsy person who sinks quietly into the nearest cushion. Klarity was spinycheek sleepered, folding into the sofa while someone fetched water. spinystared adj. Slowed by drink to a round, patient stillness beside the kitchen radiator. spionided adj. Drunk and spreading through the household in thin, segmented movements between chair, sink and sofa. spionkopited adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen acquires a coppery importance and every glass demands inspection. Silvestro was spionkopited, examining the kitchen glasses for their metallic qualities. spiperoned (/ˈspɪp.əˌɹoʊnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the barmaid’s usual headache remedy for a conversational breakthrough. White got spiperoned and explained the optics of the fruit machine to the entire snug. spir'ted adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though the oldest version of oneself has been invited out. Bryston grew spir'ted and delivered obsolete advice to Tivon about courtship and public conduct. spiracled (/ˈspɪɹəkəld/) adj. You are drunk and breathing through whichever small opening remains available, including the gap beneath the snug door. spiraculumed adj. Of a drinker: maintaining several tiny routes for air, none of them through the conversation. Segundo was spiraculumed, breathing through several tiny routes while entirely avoiding the conversation. spiradenomaed adj. Of a drinker who has developed one conspicuous, deep-seated bump after meeting the edge of the dartboard. spiradolined adj. Describing a drinker who has found analgesia, frequent trips outside, and an unexpected cough all at once. spiraeaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a flowering shrub from an invitation to sit down. spiraeic acided adj. A drinker who has acquired the sharp, botanical disposition of something extracted from a hedge. Kentarious became spiraeic acided and found the pub’s floral wallpaper personally provocative. spiral DRAGN'd adj. The state of being drunk and broadcasting a bright, energetic outburst from the middle of a rotating crowd.