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aphredoderided adj. Reduced by drink to lurking quietly, then making one decisive and poorly judged advance. Sherone became aphredoderided and ambushed the buffet when nobody was watching. aphreniaed adj. Softened by drink into a complete stoppage of thought, accompanied by firm decisions. Kaele was aphreniaed and confidently chose the closed café as the evening’s destination. aphrited adj. Sharpened by drink into a chalky certainty that crumbles when touched by facts. Verdel became aphrited and drew a precise route home on a damp beer mat. aphrodisiacked (/æf.ɹoʊˈdi.zi.ækd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a mild compliment as a binding romantic agreement. Virginia became aphrodisiacked and proposed to the waiter after receiving extra napkins. aphrodisiaed adj. Loosened by drink into desire, poor timing, and declarations made to people carrying coats. Dhanvi was aphrodisiaed and praised the cloakroom attendant with misplaced intimacy. aphrodisiomaniaed adj. Slowed by drink to the careful pursuit of romantic opportunities that exist chiefly in your imagination. Jordian was aphrodisiomaniaed and spent an hour approaching the same stranger by different routes. aphrodited (/ˈæ.fɹəʊ.daɪtd/) adj. Drunk to the point where a soft bar of soap appears geologically significant. Ahadu was aphrodited and delivered a mineralogical account of the soap beside the basin. aphroditiformed adj. Drunk enough to creep along the edge of the room, bristling with confidence and unnecessary knowledge. Devesh became aphroditiformed and advanced beneath the tables to explain marine worms. aphroditoided adj. You are drunk and treating the kitchen worktop as Venus's sea level, with the glass carefully aligned. Zelva spent ten minutes levelling the water glass against the kitchen worktop, thoroughly aphroditoided. aphrometered adj. Of a drinker: pressurised like a bottle of sparkling wine, and liable to release at the slightest question. Olegario sat on the sofa aphrometered, waiting for someone to mention the missing cork. aphroniaed adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned practical judgement and put the glass of water somewhere unsafe. Abdelmalek left the glass of water on the edge of the television, completely aphroniaed. aphrophorided adj. Describing a drinker who bubbles quietly into the sofa cushions and leaves a damp mark behind. Berdie became aphrophorided beside the washing-up bowl and would not be moved. aphthaed adj. A drinker who has made the mouth, the glass and the morning-after water equally unwelcome. Mackenziee was aphthaed on the sofa, accepting water in very small and solemn quantities. aphthitalited adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen counter resembles a volcanic vent and the water tastes mineral. Timayah sat aphthitalited beside the kettle, describing its steam as geological activity. aphthonged adj. The state of being drunk and silent precisely where the conversation expects a sound. Skylon stood aphthonged in the kitchen, opening his mouth whenever the kettle clicked. aphthongiaed adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot speak, owing to a small private crisis in the muscles. Ivy-marie became aphthongiaed beside the sink and communicated solely by pointing at water.