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apple-treed adj. You have drunk enough to become firmly rooted, fruit-bearing in theory, and unavailable for practical movement. Meledy grew apple-treed during the toast and could not be persuaded from the window seat. apple-wifed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can support, selling imaginary fruit from beneath the duvet. Tiant woke apple-wifed and offered an orange to the bedside lamp. appleaded adj. You are drunk and sweetened into insisting that yesterday's cider was a sensible beverage. Joynul was appleaded by breakfast, praising the cider while searching for his shoes. appleberried adj. Of a drinker: scattered across the morning in small, bright excuses for last night's conduct. Mikhia was appleberried, offering cheerful fragments of explanation over burnt toast. appleblossomed adj. The condition of a drinker who opens out cheerfully, then loses track of where the floor is. Fahren became appleblossomed beside the stairs and offered each banister a separate greeting. appleboxed adj. Emboldened by drink to climb anything resembling a platform, regardless of its intended use. Marline went appleboxed and attempted the low wall beside the stairs as a shortcut. applebushed adj. Drunk to the point where every movement grows outward before it goes anywhere. Kriston became applebushed on the landing, arms extending to inspect both walls. applecarted adj. Describing a drinker who has tipped the household's arrangements over and cannot restore them before tea. Jaquari was applecarted, having put the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the sink. applecored adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a central remnant that still attempts conversation. Kerrilyn was applecored, stationary at the landing but continuing to address the household. applecrabed adj. A drinker who has become an awkward hybrid of cheerfulness and sourness by the morning after. Joshelin was applecrabed, smiling politely while objecting to every suggestion. appledraned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's wasp-like persistence continues without any useful purpose. Jovianna was appledraned, circling the breakfast table and returning repeatedly to the same complaint. applegrowered adj. The state of being drunk and cultivating small, private orchards of explanation for the morning after. Julie-anne was applegrowered, producing fresh reasons for each unexplained receipt. appleheaded adj. The condition of a drinker who has dried into a fixed expression before the first cup of tea. Theresann looked appleheaded, staring from the sofa while the kettle boiled unattended. applehooded adj. The drunkenness of one who has become roundly self-contained, quiet beneath a protective skin by breakfast. Yuli was applehooded, sitting beneath a blanket and declining all enquiries. applejacked adj. Reduced by drink to a concentrated apple spirit, potent in the glass and unhelpful by morning. Evanee was applejacked, speaking with concentrated certainty about an afternoon appointment. applejohned adj. Sharpened by drink into a dry, puckered survivor of the previous night's hospitality. Karlyn was applejohned, making concise observations from behind a distinctly weathered face.