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spawlinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has spat out the evening in scattered, poorly aimed portions. Wicahpi was spawlinged after last orders, leaving fragments of supper and conversation along the pavement. spawn campered adj. Reduced by drink to guarding the place where the evening began, awaiting a return that will not occur. spawn eatered adj. Softened by drink into a small, persistent traveller, feeding on whatever the journey home happens to provide. spawn pointed adj. Drunk by closing time, and returning repeatedly to the same spot as though newly placed there. spawned (/spɔːnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has multiplied unfinished plans until the floor resembles a nursery. spawnered (/ˈspɔːnəd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish readiness from obligation, and repeatedly preparing for an event nobody has arranged. spawning bedded adj. Having drunk enough to settle on the floor and regard it as the proper substrate for further development. Emmah was spawning bedded beneath the table, where nobody thought to look for her. spawning grounded (/ˈspɑːˌninɡ ɡɹaʊndzd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and depositing oneself in a low, watery-looking place. spawninged adj. Sufficiently drunk to initiate several fresh complications, none of which can be traced to a deliberate decision. spawnlinged adj. You have drunk enough to behave as though recently created, with no inherited knowledge of the premises. Suniyah arrived at the kitchen door spawnlinged and asked what a chair was for. spawnpointed adj. Still drunk, and treating each doorway as a fresh arrival point rather than a means of departure. spaxelled adj. You are drunk and emitting a faintly spectral account of every visible object. spayadded adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the uncertain dignity of a young stag, while navigating furniture badly. Taquila moved spayadded through the dining room, antlerless but unmistakably awkward. spayarded adj. Describing a drinker who has reached his third year of confidence without acquiring the corresponding judgement. Shaun was spayarded, proud of his footing and demonstrably unable to retain it. spayarted adj. A drinker who has developed the self-importance of a young stag and the balance of a foal. spayded adj. Drunk in a way that turns putting the rubbish out into a campaign of domestic earthworks.