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Adam's needled adj. You are drunk and bristling with the misplaced confidence of a conspicuously spiky desert plant. Tahjay was Adam's needled and objected to the coat rack on grounds of excessive proximity. Adam's wined adj. Of a drinker: treating water as a provincial curiosity and requesting the Scottish article instead. Fredna became Adam's wined and dismissed water as an inadequate northern beverage. Adam-and-Eved adj. Softened by drink into a modest root-like pair, suitable for leaning against while waiting for a taxi. Lillyah grew Adam-and-Eved beside the hedge, quietly attached to the pavement and unwilling to be transplanted. Adam-teasinged adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken ordinary flirtation for a systematic assault upon the male estate. Ceiara grew Adam-teasinged and delivered a prosecutorial account of an entirely harmless compliment. Adamhooded adj. Describing a drinker who has regressed to an unrefined specimen of humanity, with opinions to match. Kyleanthony became Adamhooded and settled a minor disagreement by appealing to primitive instinct. Adamianed adj. A drinker who has adopted the solemn informality of a sect convinced that clothing is spiritually negotiable. Gela became Adamianed and proposed abandoning his waistcoat as a theological gesture. Adamic earthed adj. A drinker so far gone that bodily matter appears to be awaiting philosophical transmutation. Bashar was Adamic earthed and sought the philosopher's stone beneath the public-house table. Adamic stoned adj. The state of being drunk and treating a lump of red earth as the foundation of all corporeal knowledge. Savanah became Adamic stoned and presented a paving fragment as evidence of universal matter. Adamited adj. The condition of a drinker who claims ancestral significance for every lapse of judgement. Mychael grew Adamited and traced his decision to leave by the biblical family tree. Adamitismed adj. Drunk on the strength of which clothing becomes an unnecessary expression of human perfection. Estelline got Adamitismed and regarded her waistcoat as an impediment to spiritual progress. Adams's catalysted adj. Softened by drink into a dark, reactive agent, liable to assist transformations not contemplated by the company. Karissia became Adams's catalysted and accelerated every conversation towards an irreversible conclusion. Adams-Nance syndromed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person of racing pulse, sudden declarations and periodic loss of the thread. Hetansh was Adams-Nance syndromed, alternating rapid speeches with abrupt silences. Adams-Oliver syndromed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every irregularity of body or plan as an invitation to proceed. Alvertia became Adams-Oliver syndromed and advanced despite several defects in the proposed route. Adams-Stokes attacked adj. Slowed by drink to the point of periodic disappearance from the proceedings, circulation notwithstanding. Dariush became Adams-Stokes attacked and briefly ceased participating during the pudding course. Adams-Stokes syndromed adj. Drunk and subject to intermittent departures from consciousness at moments selected by no discernible principle. Safee was Adams-Stokes syndromed, vanishing mid-sentence and returning to finish the noun. Adamsed adj. Reduced by drink to a dry, floating imitation of a trout's breakfast, drifting wherever the current permits. Leelend was Adamsed and drifted towards the buffet as though drawn by a trout's instinct.