winterlinged
winzed

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winterlinged adj. A drinker who treats every fresh difficulty as a first-year lesson and volunteers for it immediately. winternshipped adj. A drinker so far gone that every poor decision becomes unpaid practical experience.
winterovered adj. Drunk to the point where the party resembles an Antarctic station and ordinary summer procedures have ceased. winterscaped adj. The state of being drunk and confidently misreading a familiar room as an unexplored frozen landscape. wintersomed adj. The condition of a drinker who sweetens every unwise proposal until it resembles sound nourishment. wintersportsed adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches ordinary furniture with the confidence and technique of a snow sport. wintersweeted adj. Reduced by drink to treating every room as a garden and every passing stranger as something worth cultivating. wintertided (/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)taɪdd/) adj. Softened by drink into believing the night has its own season, laws, and forgiving calendar. Victoire went wintertided and postponed tomorrow until what she called the next thaw. wintertimed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every boundary as temporary and every departure as negotiable. winterweared adj. Emboldened by drink to dress for conditions that exist chiefly in the imagination and proceed regardless. winterweeded adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, misplaced confidence of a small plant surviving where nobody intended it. wintlered adj. Drunk and making small, confident adjustments to everything nearby, none of which improve matters. wintrinessed adj. Drunk to the point where every room appears colder, every decision more urgent, and both impressions are trusted. wintry mixed adj. Drunk enough to combine several incompatible plans and insist the resulting arrangement is perfectly stable. wintry showered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a brief inconvenience from a complete change in atmospheric conditions.
winzed adj. Drunk beyond sensible depth, yet confidently proposing to investigate further before opening another level of trouble. Asenat went winzed down the cellar stairs to inspect a noise nobody had reported.