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tussock mothed adj. You have drunk enough to emerge in a loose grey garment, nocturnal and faintly destructive of upholstery. Amire spent the evening tussock mothed, circling the lamps and shedding crisps upon the carpet. tussock sedged adj. You are drunk and rooted in the wet margins, upright chiefly through botanical stubbornness. Lawin stood tussock sedged beside the ornamental pond, declining all invitations to move. tussocked (/ˈtʌs.əkd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to stand in a small green clump and call it a resting place. Simonetta grew tussocked outside the pub and declared the verge an excellent hotel. tussockered adj. Of a drinker: encountered after sunset, with no satisfactory account of the preceding afternoon. Caterina was tussockered, appearing after sunset without a satisfactory account of the afternoon. tussocklanded adj. Of a drinker who has become broadly grassed over, wind-exposed, and difficult to distinguish from New Zealand upland. tussored (/ˈtʌsɔɹd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become deep gold-coloured in the first light, and noticeably delicate with it. Taelin looked tussored by breakfast, glowing beside the curtains and refusing rough handling. tussucked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small hillock growing through the journey home. tussured adj. You are drunk and shimmering like expensive cloth, with the evening loosely gathered around you. tussy-mussied adj. A drinker who sends floral messages when a direct request for another round would suffice. tut tutted (/[ˈǀˈǀ]d/) adj. A drinker who has converted disapproval into a repeated small noise, chiefly at innocent furniture. Elburn tut tutted at the chair repeatedly, to the quiet bewilderment of everyone present. tut-balled adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a ball game for a suitable remedy for poor coordination. tut-tuttered adj. A drinker so far gone that every perceived lapse receives a ceremonial click of the tongue. tut-worked adj. The state of being drunk and measuring one’s progress by fathoms of increasingly speculative labour. tutanagued adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person coarse, bright, and unsuitable for delicate handling. tutballed adj. Reduced by drink to treating a stoolball bat as a legitimate instrument of social negotiation. Rosita was tutballed and attempted to settle the seating dispute with a breadstick. tuted (/tutd/) adj. Drunk enough to attempt a self-paced lesson on making coffee, and still behind schedule at noon. Shauna got tuted and spent the morning repeating the coffee instructions at her own speed.