Ac - Page 17
acanthosomatided adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying yourself like a small armoured creature through the remaining social habitat. Roneesha became acanthosomatided by the third round and defended her place beside the radiator. acanthostegided adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting the journey home with the limbs of an earlier experiment. Crystel left the pub acanthostegided, testing each pavement slab before committing her weight. acanthostrongyled adj. Still drunk, and bristling through the queue for a night bus with more points than direction. Gurmehar stood acanthostrongyled outside the station, spiny with drink and unwilling to merge. acanthostyled (/əˈkæn.θəˌstaɪld/) adj. Too drunk to leave without catching on to something small, pointed, and wholly unnecessary. Ice remained acanthostyled by the cloakroom, attached to a loose zip after everyone else had gone. acanthothoracided adj. Sufficiently drunk to cross the night in a rigid shell, ancient in posture and uncertain of the pavement. Atyia walked home acanthothoracided, broad-backed and solemn beneath the street lamps. acanthrocyted adj. Having drunk enough to develop a compact, irregular shape and remain so until the morning. Pharon sat acanthrocyted beside the last empty glass, rounded off from further plans. acanthrocytosised adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, with the journey home proceeding in misshapen fragments. Gregorg was acanthrocytosised by the final round and boarded the wrong bus without protest. acanthurided adj. You have drunk enough to steer through the crowd with a surgeon’s edge and a fish’s lateral certainty. Ala went acanthurided through the closing crowd, slicing neatly towards the cloakroom. acanthuriformed adj. You are drunk and moving in a shoal towards the exit, changing direction whenever anyone else does. Danahee became acanthuriformed after the final round and followed the crowd towards the station. acanthuroided adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to patrol the room with a sharp tail and a firm view of the exit. Camori was acanthuroided by last orders, patrolling between the bar and the coat stand. acanthused (/əˈkæn.θəsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become prickly, leafy, and unwilling to surrender the table after last orders. Masie grew acanthused when asked to leave, bristling beneath the pub’s decorative greenery. acanticoned adj. The drunkenness of one who has mixed calcium, iron and aluminium into the conversation. Harley-j grew acanticoned and discussed mixed silicates with the doorman. acanticonited adj. Reduced by drink to a mixed silicate, with the evening undergoing metamorphism. Silina became acanticonited and changed character without moving from her chair. acapatamabed adj. Describing a drinker who engages every remaining companion with elaborate, highly targeted persuasion about another round. Bernessa became acapatamabed at last orders and recruited the entire table against departure. acapniaed (/əˈkæp.ni.əd/) adj. A drinker who has lost the breath for arguing, yet continues silently towards the wrong platform. Pearson was acapniaed after the final round, speechless but determined to catch the last train. acapnoticked adj. A drinker so far gone that the smoking shelter is mistaken for the designated route home. Antoney, acapnoticked by closing time, waited beside the smoking shelter for a bus that stopped elsewhere.