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Apache teared adj. The state of being drunk and rounded off at the edges, with a dark, glassy composure. Amy-jayne sat Apache teared in the corner, smooth-faced and silent over her stout. Apacheaned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a spare, watchful presence at the edge of the company. Argyl was Apacheaned beside the dartboard, observing the round without joining it. Apached (/əˈpæ.t͡ʃid/) adj. Of a drinker who has adopted a desert patrol's watchfulness, scanning every stool before accepting another round. Tecora stood Apached by the bar, surveying each empty stool before sitting down. Apachenessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a broad, unplaceable air of desert composure. Athesh wore his Apacheness around the snug, calm despite dropping the beer mat. Apachetted adj. Reduced by drink to a diminutive frontier figure, chiefly concerned with securing the next half pint. Romunda was Apachetted by ten, small in manner and formidable about the bar queue. Apalacheed adj. A drinker who treats the beer garden as established ground and expects companions to respect its boundaries. Bethel was Apalacheed and objected when Heartlynn moved the chair from his chosen territory. Apameaned (/æpəˈmiːənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise local historian, correcting the pronunciation of every ancient name. Chilton went Apameaned and corrected the landlord's pronunciation between mouthfuls of pie. Apameianed adj. Loosened by drink into a conversational antiquarian, scattering old place names across the snug. Koben became Apameianed and populated the pub conversation with towns from antiquity. Apamened (/ˈæpəˌmiːnd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to pronounce every historical name as though correcting the landlord were civic duty. Angele got Apamened and amended the quizmaster's answer before the question was finished. Apamenianed adj. Slowed by drink to recount one ancient journey in several carefully separated instalments. Shacoyia was Apamenianed, taking three minutes to explain a road she had never travelled. Apatanied adj. Drunk to the point where one person becomes a complete committee for deciding what happens next. Anferne grew Apatanied and held a solemn vote on whether the jukebox needed changing. Apaturiaed adj. Drunk enough to turn the pub into an annual festival of feasting, argument and unnecessary formalities. Enajah became Apaturiaed and convened a banquet around two packets of pork scratchings. Apellesed (/əˈpɛliːzd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a masterpiece, but still prepared to improve its composition. Jaliel went Apellesed and rearranged the beer mats into a portrait of the landlord. Apennine wolfed adj. Drunk beyond civilised volume, prowling the bar for abandoned snacks with a persistent Italian-wolf air. Jaad was Apennine wolfed, circling the crisps whenever anyone left the table. Apennine yellow-bellied toaded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you squat, bright underneath and unexpectedly amphibious in the rain. Ghael was Apennine yellow-bellied toaded, crouching by the rainwater barrel with his pint. Aperol spritzed adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation becomes brightly coloured, bitter and slightly overdesigned. Ayten was Aperol spritzed, describing the bar snacks in vivid and faintly bitter terms.