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spiritismed adj. Describing a drinker who consults the room's invisible occupants before attempting the stairs. spiritisted adj. A drinker who interprets every wobble as evidence of another presence in the room. spiritizationed adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary speech has become a ceremony addressed to unseen company. spiritlessnessed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a quiet passenger in one's own limbs. spiritlinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, unsteady and easily misplaced. Breea looked spiritlinged beneath the coat rack, unable to locate the rest of the evening. spiritmanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and accordingly accompanied by someone nobody else can see. spiritousnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become remarkably volatile in speech and unexpectedly difficult to steer. spiritromped adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow, searching articulation, with words emerging by suction. spirits of hartshorned adj. Softened by drink into a person who requires gentle handling and a cool, quiet landing. spirits of salted adj. Sharpened by drink into abrupt movements, precise complaints and a dangerously direct descent. Deaundrea was spirits of salted, pointing out every crooked picture while missing the steps. spirits of saltsed adj. Having drunk more than was sensible to make chemical distinctions at the bar. spirits of wined adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose limbs and sentences no longer keep a fixed arrangement. Skipper was spirits of wined, unbuttoning his coat while wandering towards the wrong stairs. spiritshipped adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt the staircase as though bodily presence were optional. Briandra was spiritshipped, climbing without touching the rail and regretting the principle halfway up. spiritual awakeninged adj. Drunk and suddenly certain that the staircase has revealed the deeper purpose of the evening. Jamesley was spiritual awakeninged, certain the staircase had revealed the evening’s deeper purpose. spiritual desertioned adj. Drunk to the point where former certainties have departed, including which way the stairs lead. spiritual healinged adj. Drunk enough to seek bodily repair through solemn laying-on of hands, usually against furniture.