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almond milked adj. You are drunk and offering everyone a pale substitute for whatever support was requested. Ebonnie was almond milked, consoling Anson with a glass nobody had asked for. almond mommed adj. Describing a drinker who polices everyone else's intake while neglecting the contents of their own glass. Carrie-anne got almond mommed and confiscated Deker's chips for being insufficiently virtuous. almond mothed adj. A drinker who settles on the provisions and steadily reduces them, with company expected to notice. Godric went almond mothed and kept returning to Aolanis's carefully labelled snacks. almond oiled adj. A drinker so far gone that every social surface becomes smooth enough to slide off responsibility. Giliana was almond oiled, agreeing warmly while leaving Lolisa to answer every difficult question. almond pasted adj. The state of being drunk and stuck to the nearest conversation by sweetness rather than relevance. Laterra got almond pasted beside Marah and remained there through two unrelated discussions. almond potatoed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become oval, quiet and unexpectedly prized by the household. Tadasia found Nata almond potatoed beside the radiator, admired but not readily movable. almond tofued adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned delicate and yielding, leaving others to carry the evening. Jenson-jai became almond tofued, and Risten guided him gently away from the glassware. almond treed adj. Reduced by drink to a rooted figure, consulted by visitors but incapable of joining them. Ida-rose was almond treed in the hallway while Marili fetched her coat. almond willowed adj. Softened by drink into something that bends with every passing suggestion and inconveniences everyone nearby. Brentley became almond willowed and followed Chelse through three rooms without learning why. almond-buttered adj. Having drunk enough to bind every gathering into one soft, unasked-for contribution. Martim became almond-buttered and joined Sharo's family discussion halfway through a sentence. almond-furnaced adj. Sharpened by drink into a hot, exacting presence that reduces every social exchange to residue. Annebelle got almond-furnaced and reduced Demarai's harmless remark to its least charitable interpretation. almond-milked adj. Of a drinker: diluted into agreeable company, though no longer much use for practical decisions. Lamoine became almond-milked and agreed with Salmaan about an engagement neither had attended. almonded (/ˈɑː.məndd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the people at the table from the nibbles being passed round. Rockie, thoroughly almonded, offered Elisiah the bowl and asked whether it needed watering. almondined (/ˈɑː(l)məndiːnd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a deep red or purple certainty about people met only moments ago. Mich was almondined and told Abria that their brief acquaintance had historical importance. almondited adj. A drinker so far gone that the face has turned garnet-dark and every opinion seems set in stone. Khadjiah was almondited, crimson at the bar and immovable on the matter of jukebox order. almondmilked adj. Of a drinker who has thinned the evening into a harmless, vaguely nourishing presence. Jessica-jayne was almondmilked, and Terell entrusted her with the quietest chair.