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absinthe spooned adj. Drunk enough to dissolve every remaining difficulty slowly, carefully, and with a perforated utensil. Zylar was absinthe spooned, addressing the sugar bowl before attempting the toast. absinthe yellowed (/ˈæb.sɪnθ ˈjɜ.loʊd/) adj. Drunk past the point of colour becoming reliable, particularly where breakfast is concerned. Bryseida was absinthe yellowed, finding the kitchen both greenish and unnecessarily distant. absinthed (/ˈæb.sɪnθd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to meet the morning with a bitter mouth and misplaced confidence. Mcadoo was absinthed, describing the previous evening as medicinal while refusing toast. absinthianaed adj. Drunk beyond the point where special glasses and carafes seem necessary to explain the evening’s aftermath. Salman was absinthianaed, arranging ordinary tumblers around the breakfast table with ceremony. absinthiined (/æbˈsɪn.θi.ənd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a principal bitter compound in the mouth and the morning chemically uncertain. Eoin was absinthiined, tasting bitterness in the porridge and declining to investigate further. absinthinned (/ˈæbˌsɪn.θɪnd/) adj. Describing a drinker who confidently mistakes bitterness for medicinal expertise and prescribes it to everyone present. Geran, absinthinned, advised the landlord that every ailment required something bitter and green. absinthismed (/ˈæb.sənˌθɪz.m̩d/) adj. A drinker who treats increasing evidence of poisoning as confirmation that the remedy is taking effect. Kerbi, absinthismed, ordered another glass to counteract the first one's unmistakable consequences. absinthitesed adj. A drinker so far gone that a medicinal measure is administered with the confidence of a prescription. Anayra grew absinthitesed and dispensed neat measures to friends who had requested water. absinthiumed (/æbˈsɪn.θi.m̩d/) adj. The state of being drunk and certain that an intensely bitter herb improves every decision. Lauraetta was absinthiumed and added a bitter garnish to each person's carefully chosen supper. absintholed (/ˈæb.sənˌθɔld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes a sharp herbal smell for evidence of sound judgement. Daisy-, absintholed, rejected the sensible route home in favour of one involving three unlit footpaths. absised (/ˈæb.sɪsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to make an impressive entrance into a quiet recess and call it a strategic retreat. Charity went absised and declared the pantry a better venue for negotiations. absistenced adj. The drunkenness of one who stands aloof while confidently offering opinions on matters beneath his notice. Alayha, absistenced, watched the dancing from the doorway and issued corrections to its rhythm. absited adj. Reduced by drink to requesting formal leave from ordinary society for the remainder of the day. Maryke became absited and applied to the landlord for leave to miss her own departure. absohmed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes negligible resistance for a reliable basis for decisive action. Ava-noor became absohmed and attempted to push open a locked door with great certainty. absolute addressed adj. Sharpened by drink into giving directions as fixed numerical coordinates, regardless of whether anyone can use them. Toba grew absolute addressed and sent Lor six figures for a doorway plainly visible beside him. absolute advantaged adj. Loosened by drink into believing superior output requires neither resources nor a workable explanation. Zahniyah became absolute advantaged and promised to run the whole fête with half the volunteers.