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wrigglinessed adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of continuous, unhelpful movement. Chalen was wrigglinessed on the landing, unable to remain still long enough to choose a stair. wrigglinged adj. Drunk and advancing by whatever flexible route remains available when walking has become too ambitious. wrighted (/ɹaɪtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a careful maker assembling a staircase one step at a time. wrightined adj. Drunk and moving with the sluggish, bitter concentration of a rare bark-derived compound. wrightworted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can sensibly contain, and now treating every shrub as a landmark home. wrimpled adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a fresh crease in every plan for getting home. wrined adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening in one deep furrow between the eyebrows. Kiasia looked wrined beneath the coat rack, studying the departure board as though it were personal. wring-staffed adj. Of a drinker who has become a temporary brace for the coats, the doorway, and the last departing friend. wring-staved adj. Describing a drinker who uses the nearest sturdy object to bend the journey towards completion. wringbolted adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat, the doorway and the person inside require temporary fastening. Everest was wringbolted to the bench after last orders, his coat looped firmly round the armrest. wringed (/ɹɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: applying considerable pressure to the coat, the till, and eventually the conversation. Adlei went wringed at last orders and twisted his damp gloves into submission. wringered (/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)d/) adj. The state of being drunk and squeezing every last possibility from the evening. wringinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has been twisted through several rounds and cannot leave in a straight line. wringle-wrangled adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts a prolonged argument with the person organising the taxi. wrinkled (/ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a series of small folds, none of which contains a workable plan for home. wrinkled hornbilled adj. Softened by drink into a broad-billed, tropical-looking presence among the coats and umbrellas.