stumbledrunk

English

Adjective

stumbledrunk (comparative more stumbledrunk, superlative most stumbledrunk)

1. Alternative form of stumble-drunk
   • 1993, Albert Goldbarth, Across the Layers: Poems Old and New, page 152:

     I never took as a lover the famous but stumbledrunk opera tenor whose name I cannot here divulge, though he and I like the stars were of the same mold and burning in affinity;

   • 2016, J. O'Connor, K. Goodland, A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance Since 1991, page 1823:

     Ward pairs nicely with Dennis R. Elkins' stumbledrunk Stephano , clad in tuxedo jacket and black knickers

   • 2021, Lana Harper, Payback's a Witch, page 17:

     Gareth Blackmoore himself came tripping into the bar, his little brother, Gawain, and a welter of interchangeable Blackmoore cousins trailing in his wake, all of the obviously only a half step shy of being fully stumbledrunk.

Noun

stumbledrunk (plural stumbledrunks)

1. Alternative form of stumble-drunk
   • 1997, Jack Grapes, On the Bus: A Literary Anthology, page 104:

     And once I asked a friend, a poet, the reason he styed in his hooker-and-stumbledrunk neighborhood; he could leave, after all, if he wanted.

   • 2021, Martha Edwards, “Stringdancer History - the Beginning”, in Stringdancer‎^[1]:

     Contradancers don't usually drink very much alcohol — no one likes a stumbledrunk on the dance floor, and besides, life is good when you dance, and the need for a drink kind of goes away.

   • 2021 May 6, Moe Lane, “Snippet, Rescue from Chateau d’Aléatoire.”, in Moe Lane‎^[2]:

     He flattered himself that it was quite the feat, but it was also wasted on all the stumbledrunks who might have possibly noticed.