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upeyganned adj. Of a drinker: balanced like a two-horned rhinoceros, with similar confidence on the stairs. upfaced adj. Of a drinker who has tilted their head upwards and can no longer persuade it to return. Aarini remained upfaced beneath the landing light, awaiting instructions from the ceiling. upfaulted adj. Describing a drinker who has risen above the surrounding floor and cannot descend without surveying the damage. Yoselyne stood upfaulted on the bottom step, unable to explain the elevation. upfillinged adj. A drinker who has filled the hollow beneath the stairs, leaving little room for further movement. Osyrus was upfillinged beneath the stairs, leaving the rest of the household to negotiate passage. upfittered adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at repair adds another unnecessary modification. upflared adj. The state of being drunk and rising suddenly from the chair, with limbs opening like a signal. upflighted adj. The condition of a drinker who rises in brief, uncertain bursts and lands wherever the room permits. upflooded adj. The drunkenness of one who rises through a room in a broad, unstoppable surge. upfloored adj. Reduced by drink to treating the upper gallery as the only part of the building with a floor. upflowed (/ʌpˈfləʊd/) adj. Softened by drink into rising gradually, with speech and posture moving in the same direction. upfluxed adj. Sharpened by drink into a steady upward movement, particularly when nobody has requested one. Niharika grew upfluxed after supper and began ascending before locating her coat. upfolded adj. Loosened by drink into a ridge along the stairs, with the torso rising before the rest follows. Christopehr became upfolded against the banister, his posture forming a convincing ridge. upfoldinged adj. Emboldened by drink to fold upwards wherever the staircase offers an angle. upforced adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each upward step requires a separate act of force. upfronted (/ʌpˈfɹʌntd/) adj. Drunk and addressing the room as though every conversation were a press briefing for next season. upfrontnessed adj. Drunk enough to speak plainly about every bodily miscalculation as it occurs. Kalieb was upfrontnessed on the stairs, reporting each missed step with admirable candour.