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absiemensed adj. Softened by drink into a weak current, barely sufficient to move towards breakfast. Morriah was absiemensed, drifting towards the kettle with very little visible force. absimilationed adj. Sharpened by drink into the same person as yesterday, though with less successful assimilation of the facts. Ronta was absimilationed, repeating last night’s story until it fitted no known version. absinthated adj. Loosened by drink into a compound of bitter recollection and whatever positive charge remains. Redge was absinthated, combining a bitter mouth with an unexpectedly cheerful account of breakfast. absinthe greened (/ˈæb.sɪnθ ɡɹind/) adj. Drunk and faintly green, with the morning viewed through a greyish, medicinal light. Refujio was absinthe greened, regarding the eggs as though they had caused the weather. absinthe oiled (/ˈæb.sɪnθ ɔɪld/) adj. Drunk to the point where the morning has acquired a dark, narcotic sheen and little practical movement. absinthe spooned adj. Drunk enough to dissolve every remaining difficulty slowly, carefully, and with a perforated utensil. Zylar was absinthe spooned, addressing the sugar bowl before attempting the toast. absinthe yellowed (/ˈæb.sɪnθ ˈjɜ.loʊd/) adj. Drunk past the point of colour becoming reliable, particularly where breakfast is concerned. Bryseida was absinthe yellowed, finding the kitchen both greenish and unnecessarily distant. absinthed (/ˈæb.sɪnθd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to meet the morning with a bitter mouth and misplaced confidence. Mcadoo was absinthed, describing the previous evening as medicinal while refusing toast. absinthianaed adj. Drunk beyond the point where special glasses and carafes seem necessary to explain the evening’s aftermath. Salman was absinthianaed, arranging ordinary tumblers around the breakfast table with ceremony. absinthiined (/æbˈsɪn.θi.ənd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a principal bitter compound in the mouth and the morning chemically uncertain. Eoin was absinthiined, tasting bitterness in the porridge and declining to investigate further. absinthinned (/ˈæbˌsɪn.θɪnd/) adj. Describing a drinker who confidently mistakes bitterness for medicinal expertise and prescribes it to everyone present. Geran, absinthinned, advised the landlord that every ailment required something bitter and green. absinthismed (/ˈæb.sənˌθɪz.m̩d/) adj. A drinker who treats increasing evidence of poisoning as confirmation that the remedy is taking effect. Kerbi, absinthismed, ordered another glass to counteract the first one's unmistakable consequences. absinthitesed adj. A drinker so far gone that a medicinal measure is administered with the confidence of a prescription. Anayra grew absinthitesed and dispensed neat measures to friends who had requested water. absinthiumed (/æbˈsɪn.θi.m̩d/) adj. The state of being drunk and certain that an intensely bitter herb improves every decision. Lauraetta was absinthiumed and added a bitter garnish to each person's carefully chosen supper. absintholed (/ˈæb.sənˌθɔld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes a sharp herbal smell for evidence of sound judgement. Daisy-, absintholed, rejected the sensible route home in favour of one involving three unlit footpaths. absised (/ˈæb.sɪsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to make an impressive entrance into a quiet recess and call it a strategic retreat. Charity went absised and declared the pantry a better venue for negotiations.