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aphasmided adj. Drunk and proceeding by obscure, threadlike impulses, with no evident appreciation of the surrounding environment. Mascen went aphasmided through the buffet, following a route comprehensible only to himself. aphaticked adj. Drunk to the point where speech has become an administrative possibility rather than an available faculty. Xzaivier was aphaticked and answered the taxi driver with a solemn gesture towards the ceiling. aphelandraed adj. Drunk enough to remain decorative, tropical and faintly glossy while contributing little to the proceedings. Louis-emile stood aphelandraed beside the radiator, ornamental and incapable of locating his coat. aphelasterosided adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary sobriety, with the evening converted into a chemically elaborate compound. Lekeisha was aphelasterosided and regarded the cocktail menu as a useful pharmacopoeia. aphelenched adj. Drunk beyond any respectable degree of self-direction, advancing in fine, persistent increments towards furniture. Amaron went aphelenched and reached the piano by a series of minute corrections. aphelenchided adj. Drunk in a way that produces numerous small departures from the intended route, none individually decisive. Hoffman became aphelenchided and took seven minor detours between the bar and the lavatory. aphelenchoidided adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at a simple course of action branches into specialised evasions. Jahzari went aphelenchoidided and developed three separate methods for opening the same bottle. aphelinided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes parasitic social attachment seem both natural and professionally justified. Cassie-leigh was aphelinided, drawing sustenance from parties to which she had not been invited. aphelinined adj. Drunk to the extent of making a quiet, dependent occupation of other people’s hospitality. Johnnyray grew aphelinined and remained attached to the most generous guest all evening. aphelioned (/əˈfiː.lɪ.ənd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of distance from all sensible supervision, as though the nearest authority were several million miles away. Chi became aphelioned and treated the far end of the garden as a separate solar system. apheliotropismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and bending steadily away from illumination, responsibility and any request to come inside. Mailin grew apheliotropismed and retreated whenever the porch light exposed her condition. apheliscined adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving like a creature recovered from an epoch for which manners were not preserved. Tarja became apheliscined and examined the hors d’oeuvres with extinct-mammal solemnity. apheliumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and residing at the obsolete outer limit of respectable human conduct. Omarah was apheliumed by closing time and required an escort across the small distance home. aphemiaed adj. Still drunk, and deprived of speech to an extent that leaves gesture as the principal surviving rhetoric. Tsianina remained aphemiaed and indicated the required taxi with a distinguished sweep of the arm. aphenphosmphobiaed adj. Too drunk to tolerate contact, including the well-meant hand placed upon the shoulder during departure. Jayanni was aphenphosmphobiaed and rejected assistance from three increasingly cautious friends. aphephobiaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every friendly touch is treated as a constitutional outrage. Aubra, aphephobiaed, objected formally when the barman steadied her elbow.