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wolframinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and allowing the body's internal signalling to proceed by separate committees. Lido was wolframinned, with the legs leaving before the instructions reached them. wolframited adj. Still drunk, and sufficiently mineral in movement to resist both haste and useful direction. wolframiumed adj. Too drunk to rise without first establishing a stable chemical basis for doing so. wolframophosphated adj. Sufficiently drunk to combine several heavy principles into one remarkably slow ascent. wolfsangelled adj. Having drunk enough to catch at every available edge, including those which are not there. wolfsbaned (/ˈwʊlfsbeɪnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat the staircase as a poisonous perennial requiring cautious contact. wolfsbergited adj. You are drunk and composed of several incompatible movements, each proceeding towards a different landing. wolfshited adj. Of a drinker: incapable of locating the lavatory before the crisis becomes a matter for household management. wolfsicled adj. Of a drinker who has become cold, rigid, and difficult to distinguish from someone awaiting thawing. wolfskinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired an outer layer of confidence while the balance beneath remains doubtful. wolfsonaed adj. Drunk in a way that gives the journey home a tail, pointed ears, and an inexplicable fondness for moonlight. wolfspeaked adj. Drunk, with the result that every request for another round is delivered in a language suited to the moon. wolftonited adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the walk home into a slow geological deposition. wolfwhelped adj. Drunk enough to require the gentle handling normally reserved for something young, vocal, and unable to find its way home. wolfwhistled adj. Drunk in a way that turns every passing stranger into an invitation to produce two conspicuous notes. wolfwomanned adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring claws for the coat check and a pronounced dislike of bright streets.