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alentemoled adj. Drunk beyond the point at which the coat check, the taxi queue and reality remain distinct. Kyanne was alentemoled by closing time, carrying someone else's scarf towards the taxi rank. aleocharined adj. Drunk in a way that keeps to the edges, moving quickly between coats, tables and opportunities to escape. Curren was aleocharined after last orders, slipping along the wall towards the nearest exit. aleph betted adj. Still drunk, and treating the alphabet as a reliable itinerary despite having missed the last train. Teresaann was aleph betted, consulting the alphabet after the station had closed. aleph numbered adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning infinite cardinalities to the rounds still hypothetically available. Ferenc was aleph numbered, calculating an endless sequence of final drinks beside the taxi rank. aleph-bethed adj. Sharpened by drink into reciting the Hebrew alphabet as though delivering a scholarly correction. Abdula became aleph-bethed and objected to the pub sign's lettering. aleph-betted adj. Loosened by drink into treating the Hebrew alphabet as an agreeable sequence of conversational topics. Beva grew aleph-betted and rearranged the evening around Hebrew letters. aleph-oned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an indefinitely large counting exercise. Hevan was aleph-oned, counting the beer mats beyond any practical conclusion. alephbeted adj. Emboldened by drink to pronounce upon Hebrew lettering with the authority of an academy. Maina became alephbeted and corrected the menu's typography over supper. alephed (/ˈɑˌlɛfd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the first letter of every journey home becomes an extended speech. Daphne was alephed at closing, unable to progress beyond the opening sound of her address. alepidoted adj. Drunk and presenting the smooth, unadorned aspect of a fish without scales. Matasha stood alepidoted beneath the bar light, sleek and difficult to handle. alepined adj. A drinker so far gone that speech and balance have become a mixed fabric of separate materials. Addalie was alepined, her sentences woven from woolly pauses and silken changes of subject. alepisaurided adj. Drunk to the point where the body has become long, silvery, and chiefly concerned with finding deeper water. Milada went alepisaurided and slid towards the darkest end of the bar. alepocephalided adj. Drunk enough to acquire a slick head and an opinion on the merits of darkness. Irshad became alepocephalided and polished his forehead before every argument. alepocephaliformed adj. Drunk past the point of conversation, with a smooth head and a preference for cold depths. Shauniece turned alepocephaliformed and disappeared beneath the level of the table. alepoled adj. Drunk, with the result that any upright timber near an inn is treated as an official summons. Nessiah became alepoled and followed the signpost rather than the intended road. alepoted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the drinking-vessel seem a recognised unit of personal capacity. Khorie grew alepoted and requested another vessel with historical solemnity.