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ale-benched adj. Of a drinker who has made the front seat of the pub the centre of local government. Jermanee was ale-benched, issuing rulings on taxis and toast from beside the doorway. ale-bushed adj. Sufficiently drunk to serve as a tavern sign without further lettering. Aungelique stood ale-bushed by the entrance, motionless except for occasional swaying. ale-connered adj. Sharpened by drink into an inspector of bread, beer and matters not placed before him. Holmes was ale-connered and rejected the crisps on grounds nobody had requested. ale-costed adj. Emboldened by drink to flavour the proceedings with a plant more suited to old ale. Emonii was ale-costed and added costmary to a conversation already sufficiently seasoned. ale-drapered adj. Having drunk enough to run an alehouse, though not necessarily to find it again. Aliza-rae went ale-drapered and allocated tables according to an uncertain system. ale-draperied adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably administer, and attempting to run it regardless. Ashtion became ale-draperied and began managing the queue for the lavatory. ale-hoofed adj. Drunk and creeping through the room with a ground-covering spread of uncertain feet. Tatiayana went ale-hoofed and advanced across the carpet by small, spreading steps. ale-housed adj. Drunk enough to mistake the nearest private room for an inn and settle there. Rhina became ale-housed and attempted to check into the coat cupboard. ale-knighted adj. You have drunk enough to regard the nearest companion as a fellow of distinction. Ilet was ale-knighted and invited the barman to share an inherited estate. ale-poled adj. Drunk in a way that makes every pole bearing an alehouse sign appear personally significant. Nikos went ale-poled and explained the tavern sign to its own landlord. ale-staked adj. Of a drinker: planted beside the inn's garlanded sign, with the immovability of a public monument. Flamur was ale-staked beside the doorway, receiving visitors as though appointed by the landlord. ale-tastered adj. You are drunk and testing the quality of every glass placed within reach. Vipul became ale-tastered and found the sixth pint satisfactory in a qualified manner. ale-wifed adj. Of a drinker: running the evening as though every woman present kept an alehouse for your benefit. Iory became ale-wifed and attempted to order a round from the woman selling theatre tickets. aleationed adj. Of a drinker: leaving the evening increasingly to chance, including the route home. Isabella-ivy was aleationed and selected her next pub by the fall of a coin. aleatoricismed adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered the evening's composition to chance and is calling it arrangement. Saffiyah was aleatoricismed, producing a song from three menus and a spoon. aleatoricisted adj. Describing a drinker who makes art by chance, usually from objects already on the table. Danyelle became aleatoricisted and exhibited the arrangement of coasters as a finished work.