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wolf wormed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you small, persistent, and lodged in somebody else's evening despite repeated attempts at removal. wolf's headed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming an outlaw in the eyes of the company, who quietly decide that anything may happen next. wolf's milked adj. The state of being drunk and producing a thin white explanation for everything. wolf's peached adj. The condition of a drinker who has become tomato-like in colour and rather soft in judgement. wolf's ticketed adj. The drunkenness of one who may remain in the town but should not travel beyond it. wolf's whelped adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, placid presence whom the company must carry through the final arrangements. Brynn was wolf's whelped by ten, leaving Rediet to manage the coat, taxi, and keys. wolf's-clawed adj. Reduced by drink to a small, spreading growth with a preference for damp corners. wolf's-fisted adj. Softened by drink into a round, porous presence that rolls when encouraged. Karalyne was wolf's-fisted and moved across the lawn by the gentlest available slope. wolf's-footed adj. Sharpened by drink into something low, green and inclined to spread across the ground. wolf's-milked adj. Loosened by drink into a pale, latex-producing sort of person. wolf-catted adj. Emboldened by drink to shed an unnecessary layer and behave as though this were intentional. wolf-childed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone who has learnt manners from the furniture. Khadija was wolf-childed, moving slowly and observing manners apparently learnt from the furniture. wolf-dogged adj. A drinker who treats the evening as a hunt and the final bus as quarry. wolf-fished adj. A drinker who moves with cold-water caution, sidling rather than walking and avoiding sudden changes of depth. Yaili became wolf-fished and approached the stairs sideways, testing each level. wolf-greyed adj. Drunk and grey about the edges, with the quiet confidence of an old coat. wolf-huntered adj. Drunk to the point where every passing stranger seems to require pursuit. Ravneet was wolf-huntered and followed a man in a hat into the wrong garden.