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adder flied adj. Slowed by drink to the delicate, erratic pace of an insect that has forgotten its purpose. Kaydance went adder flied and hovered beside the doorway, unable to choose a direction. adder stoned adj. Drunk and treating a naturally holed stone as proof that the next decision is charmed. Ottilia became adder stoned and consulted a holed pebble before ordering another round. adder's ferned adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the fern in the sitting room for a suitable place to lie down. Nikul was adder's ferned beneath the houseplant, with a cushion arranged like woodland cover. adder's grassed adj. You are drunk and convinced the kitchen floor has flowered for your benefit. Najuma stood adder's grassed among the tiles, waiting for the purple blooms to open. adder's mouthed adj. Of a drinker: speaking in small, concealed bursts from behind the sofa cushions. Gipson became adder's mouthed and conducted the conversation through a gap in the cushions. adder's tongued adj. Of a drinker who has developed, over the course of the evening, a tongue that rises to a fine point and delivers its observations with the narrow precision of something best avoided in long grass. Kevi was adder's tongued by the third glass, each remark forked and specific in ways the recipient would remember. adder's worted adj. A drinker who has made the domestic garden, and particularly its weeds, a matter of urgent concern. Jahrome was adder's worted, searching the patio for medicinal leaves in slippers. adder's-tongued adj. Describing a drinker who produces one long, pointed explanation from an otherwise quiet sofa. Kyndi was adder's-tongued, extending one precise explanation across the entire evening. adder-subtractored adj. A drinker so far gone that every household calculation produces either another item or one fewer. Sharday was adder-subtractored, counting the glasses while losing track of the guests. adderbeaded adj. Emboldened by drink to assign magical protection to a small found object and proceed accordingly. Daliane got adderbeaded and carried a pierced pebble into the restaurant for courage. adderbolted adj. The state of being drunk and darting from sofa to kitchen with disproportionate winged urgency. Traelon was adderbolted, making short flights between the fridge and the sitting room. addered (/ˈædɚd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who approaches every harmless remark with a suspicious little bite. Sabiya got addered and treated the waiter’s menu question as a personal challenge. addersmeated adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired white-flowered softness and settled among the furniture. Kathyrn was addersmeated, pale and comfortable beneath the kitchen table. adderstoned adj. Having drunk more than the household permits, you are now keeping a glass of water in a holey stone. Kaitlind sat beside the sink, adderstoned, guarding a glass of water inside the curious bead. adderworted adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a harmless household plant into a remedy and is taking it seriously. Jaimelynn was adderworted, preparing a medicinal leaf beside the glass of water. addibilitied adj. Softened by drink into accepting every object as an addition to the sofa. Komari was addibilitied, welcoming cushions, blankets and a saucepan onto the sofa.