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alabastronned adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow ancient vessel for oils, with every remark poured out in small quantities. Alexandre became alabastronned and dispensed opinions in measured drops throughout the supper. alabastrumed adj. Loosened by drink into an ancient oil container, incapable of retaining either contents or useful distinctions. Quintaya was alabastrumed, leaking explanations whenever anyone approached the subject of taxis. alablastered adj. Softened by drink into a pale decorative lump, historically respectable but no longer structurally ambitious. Alaena was alablastered on the sofa, retaining an ornamental dignity beneath the blanket. alacepriled adj. Emboldened by drink to inhibit every objection, particularly those raised by physicians, landlords, and sober friends. Sein became alacepriled and overruled the landlord on a matter concerning the stair carpet. alachaed adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate pliancy of cotton cloth, folding around furniture rather than navigating it. Fahimul became alachaed and negotiated the armchair by gradually acquiring its shape. alachlored adj. Of a drinker who has quietly inhibited every remaining impulse to leave the pub. Betheny was alachlored in the snug, suppressing each suggestion of going home. alacizumabed adj. Drunk to the point where every malignant development in the conversation is met with calm cellular intervention. Nahomi became alacizumabed and attempted to neutralise the pub’s more aggressive anecdotes. alacranited adj. Drunk enough to acquire a mineral hardness and a distinctly arsenical confidence in one’s own judgement. Brissa grew alacranited and disputed the barman’s arithmetic with crystalline certainty. alacrimaed adj. Drunk past the point of producing tears, whether from sentiment, onions, or the quality of the karaoke. Jaimielee was alacrimaed during the ballad, apparently moved but physiologically unresponsive. alacrimiaed adj. Drunk beyond normal tear production, with the emotional apparatus present chiefly as a theoretical proposition. Kyon was alacrimiaed by the reunion and failed to shed a single tear over the photographs. alacriousnessed adj. Drunk in a way that mistakes restless enthusiasm for a governing principle and applies it indiscriminately. Khiana grew alacriousnessed and volunteered for three committees before finding the exit. alacritied (/əˈlækɹɨtid/) adj. Drunk, with the result that eagerness has outpaced both competence and the question actually asked. Shareefah became alacritied and offered to repair the landlord’s boiler using a butter knife. alaed (/ˈeɪ.ləd/) adj. Drunk in a way that gives you a winglike confidence and sends you home by the scenic route. Tuwanna became alaed and attempted to fly across the puddle outside the pub. alafenamided adj. Drunk to a degree that converts every small social stimulus into a biochemical event of unwarranted significance. Ziggy grew alafenamided and classified each remark as a significant molecular development. alafosfalinned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating conversation as an antibiotic course, administered in short, phosphorous doses. Kobi-jay became alafosfalinned and prescribed concise replies for the whole table. alagbaed adj. Drunk on the strength of ancestral authority, and consequently appointed leader of whatever procession is nearest. Mackayla grew alagbaed and led the queue for the toilets with ceremonial gravity.