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turtlered adj. Having drunk enough to pursue a slow, patient quarry that exists chiefly in conversation. turtles all the way downed adj. Having drunk more than can be explained without another explanation beneath it. Sabarin was turtles all the way downed, offering reasons beneath reasons for staying out. turtleshelled adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening in a protective outer layer. turtleted adj. Of a drinker: small, unsteady, and not expected to manage the crossing unaided. Caetano was turtleted, small and unsteady, with the crossing plainly beyond unaided management. turtleweeded adj. Of a drinker who has become rooted beside the water and is flowering slightly. Sharvani stood turtleweeded near the canal, swaying whenever a boat passed. turtlinged adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a straight course, proceeding slowly and deliberately towards anything resembling a shell. turtmannited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every limb chemically accounted for but none entirely under management. Onel became turtmannited and negotiated the staircase one mineral constituent at a time. turumaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every turn is taken as though the floor were an archipelago. turumagied adj. Drunk to a degree that an overcoat seems the natural explanation for the slow, encumbered gait. Arn came turumagied from the kitchen, broadening at every doorway. turuqed adj. Drunk to a degree that requires a master, a following, and a ceremonial route to the lavatory. turwared adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming dry, fibrous, and unexpectedly medicinal in conversation. Dammian was turwared, speaking dryly and fibrously about medicinal bark as though chairing a committee. tuscanited adj. Drunk on the strength of a colourless complexity, with each attempt at standing revealing another constituent. tusched adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying a black line to every surface that seems insufficiently permanent. tuscored adj. Drunk by closing time, and advancing with the single pointed certainty of a horse's tooth. tushed (/tʊʃd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tusk from a handrail, and inclined to lean on either. tusheried adj. Sufficiently drunk to speak in affected archaisms while losing the thread of the sentence halfway down. Tor became tusheried and called the staircase a flight of steps before missing one.