shellacked

English

Etymology

shellac +‎ -ed

Adjective

shellacked (comparative more shellacked, superlative most shellacked)

1. Coated in shellac.
   • 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 41:

     At Boy Bar, the bouncers, two tall, emaciated young men with shellacked hair under their bowler hats, were standing just inside the door to escape the cold.

2. (slang) Drunk.
   • 2014, Maximillian Potter, Shadows in the Vineyard:

     Those were my first impressions of wine: Ladies drink chilled, soft white while they gossip in the kitchen; old men drink strong, room-temperature red to get shellacked.