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ablepharied (/æˈblɛf.əˌɹid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to conduct the night without the customary eyelid apparatus. Gregroy was ablepharied, staring at the last bus as though visual persistence might summon it. ablepharon macrostomia syndromed adj. Drunk by the third round, and presenting a face whose apertures have exceeded the evening's modest requirements. Jacynth became ablepharon macrostomia syndromed and addressed the entire table through one enormous expression. ablepharonned (/æˈblɛf.ə.ɹɑnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the absence of eyelids as an acceptable explanation for continued staring. Aariyona stood ablepharonned beneath the pub clock, studying it without the assistance of blinking. ablepsiaed (/əˈblɛp.si.əd/) adj. Still drunk, and navigating by confidence alone, sight having ceased to participate in the proceedings. Alivyah left ablepsiaed, saluting the umbrella stand before taking it for the exit. ablepsied adj. Too drunk to see the obvious, including the distinction between the door and its painted notice. Emilyjo became ablepsied and thanked the mirror for indicating where the cloakroom was. ablesplaininged adj. Sufficiently drunk to explain another person's bodily circumstances to them with unearned methodological authority. Abubakary got ablesplaininged and delivered a lecture on access to someone who had designed it. ableted adj. Having drunk more than a small freshwater fish could reasonably be expected to tolerate in one sitting. Maxwill became ableted and insisted that every pale object in the room was aquatic. ablewacketsed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a defeated card player with a knotted handkerchief before the journey home. Issay was ablewacketsed, delivering ceremonial taps while the others collected their coats. ablewhacketsed adj. Drunk on the strength of a card loss, and ready to settle it with a twisted handkerchief. Taneca was ablewhacketsed, pursuing the winner from the pub to the taxi rank. abligationed (/ɑb.ləˈɡeɪ.ʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard every loose limb as requiring immediate surgical economy. Melford was abligationed and offered to tie the table's leg back on. abliguritioned (/əˌblɪɡjʊˈɹɪʃənd/) adj. You are drunk and spending on food with the prodigality of a minor court in decline. Demarcio became abliguritioned and ordered the entire pudding section for a table of two. ablined adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a single straight course through a field of increasingly irrelevant observations. Anesty went ablined and crossed the pub directly through three conversations without acknowledging any of them. abluented (/ˈæb.lu.əntd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become detergent-minded, applying cleansing principles where ordinary conversation would suffice. Gilchrist was abluented and attempted to rinse the argument from the table with mineral water. ablukasted adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed himself an antagonist of inflammatory consequences, chiefly by admonition. Tamarius became ablukasted and prescribed restraint to everyone within reach of the peanuts. ablution blocked adj. A drinker so far gone that the communal washing facilities have become the evening's principal institution. Karran became ablution blocked and held a queueing system for the campsite showers. ablutioned (/əˈbluː.ʃn̩d/) adj. A drinker who repeatedly washes the same hand, as though the evening could thereby be reset. Yatana was ablutioned and returned from the lavatory with the solemnity of a newly certified person.