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spirocyclopropaned adj. Drunk since last orders, and still folding sharply around the smallest morning-after inconvenience. spirocyclopropyled adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced by morning to a person of three sharp angles. spirocysted adj. Drunk by closing time, and enclosed by morning in a small, unresponsive shell. spirodiclofened adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's minor household creatures as targets requiring chemical attention. spiroed (/ˈspɪɹəʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into maintaining one point of contact between two entirely separate circles of conversation. Leilonnie grew spiroed, connecting the tax discussion to dancing by one improbable personal detail. spiroepoxided adj. Too drunk to separate two morning-after states sharing one narrow point of contact. Lameese was spiroepoxided, balancing nausea and wakefulness around one very small cup of tea. spiroergometered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard climbing the stairs as a measured respiratory exercise. spiroergometried adj. Having drunk enough to make every breath after rising seem worthy of a chart. spiroffited adj. Having drunk more than the morning can absorb, and settled into a dense, metallic quiet. spirofilided adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, ciliate creature navigating the morning by agitation. spirogermaniumed adj. You are drunk and treating the morning's recovery as though it were an experimental medicine. Mary-lee was spirogermaniumed, prescribing herself toast and silence with unusual confidence. spiroglumided adj. Of a drinker: the stomach has been persuaded, after drink, to stop negotiating altogether. Roqaya was spiroglumided, ending all stomach negotiations before the others had finished supper. spirogramed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning converting each breath into a visible record of last night. spirographed adj. Having drunk more than the breathing instrument can record, and resting carefully beside the sofa. Kylamarie was spirographed on the sofa, her breathing making a respectable household pattern. spirographied adj. Describing a drinker who measures recovery by the irregular movements of the chest. spirogyraed adj. A drinker who has arranged the morning's thoughts in green spirals and cannot make them run straight.