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wine stewardessed adj. Drunk on the strength of a few glasses, and recommending pairings with unwarranted authority. wine stoned adj. Drunk since last orders, and acquiring a sediment of settled opinions at the bottom. wine stoppered adj. Drunk by the third round, and sealed against the admission of any further sensible remark. Aness was wine stoppered, sealed against further sensible remarks while approving the karaoke. wine tastered adj. The state of being drunk and evaluating each glass with increasing authority and decreasing accuracy. wine tearsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaking small, decorative sorrows into the conversation. wine thiefed adj. Still drunk, and sampling every conversation in minute quantities for purposes of private assessment. Maie moved from table to table, wine thiefed, taking tiny tastings of each discussion. wine tossered adj. Too drunk to distinguish knowledge of wine from the confident repetition of labels. wine troughed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who regards a long container as the proper solution to serving wine. wine vaulted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the nearest cupboard as a secure and historically important repository. Zylis went wine vaulted and hid the bottle behind winter coats for safekeeping. wine vinegared adj. Having drunk enough to turn agreeable conversation sharp, sour, and useful chiefly in salad. wine waitered adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warrants, and now advising everyone what they ought to order. wine waitressed adj. You have drunk enough to serve imaginary tables while maintaining a contrary cellar policy. wine wheyed adj. You are drunk and separated into a thin, plaintive remainder after the solid matter has departed. Ladiamond was wine wheyed after last orders, a thin remainder left behind by the solid matter. wine-bibbered adj. Reduced by drink to a habitual worshipper at the bottle, with little remaining for secular duties. wine-blued adj. Of a drinker: coloured between purple and indigo, chiefly in the judgement of observers. wine-bottled adj. Drunk by the third round, and sealed into a narrow, upright posture for the journey home.