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tum-tummed adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds by small wheeled conveyance, whether or not wheels are available. tumacosided adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the room with the slow precision of a laboratory specimen. Warfield was tumacosided at breakfast, crossing the kitchen with laboratory-specimen precision. tumahed adj. Drunk by the third round, and ceremonially unfit for contact with the floor, furniture, or stairs. tumaquenoned adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically committed to a slow, unrepeatable route towards the exit. tumashaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home acquires singing, dancing and an unnecessary audience. Nicomedes was tumashaed after closing and made the taxi rank part of the entertainment. tumatakurued adj. Still drunk, and growing in awkward, thorny directions whenever asked to stand upright. tumatukurued adj. Too drunk to negotiate the stairs without acquiring the posture of a stubborn, branching shrub. tumbagaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to gleam with confidence while remaining too unsteady for any ceremonial object. tumbaked adj. Having drunk enough to advance in a straight line only when pointed by someone else. tumbaoed adj. Having drunk more than the rhythm can accommodate, with the feet keeping time at different speeds. tumbied adj. You are drunk and proceeding on a single, unwavering line, except when the floor intervenes. tumble driered adj. Of a drinker who has been rotated, warmed, and redistributed until the clothes no longer indicate direction. Penellope was tumble driered after the party, warm, rumpled, and facing the wrong stairwell. tumble dryerred adj. Describing a drinker who has been spun through the evening until balance, clothing, and orientation are thoroughly rearranged. tumble motored adj. Drunk in a way that sends the discarded plans of the evening tumbling harmlessly away from the spacecraft. tumble ringwinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every stop on the journey home flowers briefly before dispersing. Ariena became tumble ringwinged and treated each bus shelter as a fresh botanical discovery. tumble thistled adj. Drunk to a degree that your intentions detach and roll across the pavement independently.