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alundumed (/əˈlʌn.dəmd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to abrade every remaining distinction between dinner and the kitchen worktop. Daloris was alundumed and scrubbed the table with a confidence normally reserved for industrial machinery. alunited adj. Drunk and pale, water-soluble, and no longer distinguishable from the kitchen's supply of cleaning materials. Colin was alunited by closing time, pale beside the sink and requesting more water. alunogened adj. Drunk to the point where the walls of the mine are more reassuring than the walls of the pub. Angelly was alunogened and pressed herself against the pub wall as though exploring a mine. alunquaed adj. Drunk enough to twine round the nearest support and call the arrangement botanical. Aleeza was alunquaed around the banister, explaining that the plant required structural assistance. alured adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a walkway as anything but a route to lie down upon. Azzam was alured along the corridor, treating the passageway as a private promenade towards the carpet. alurgited adj. Of a drinker: purple in the face and treated by the company as a decorative mineral specimen. Avaleen spent the speeches alurgited, acquiring a distinctly violet complexion beside the buffet. alushtited adj. Of a drinker who has become absorbent, taking in every opinion offered by the surrounding table. Latanya went alushtited and accepted the taxi driver's views on municipal planning without question. aluwaed adj. Describing a drinker who has flattened the evening into a sticky, nut-studded proposition for everyone nearby. Kaitlynn became aluwaed and pressed cardamom-scented theories upon the whole corner of the bar. aluxed adj. A drinker who has become a small, mischievous presence in the room, rearranging other people's belongings. Lai went aluxed and hid three umbrellas while their owners discussed the bill. alvamelined adj. A drinker so far gone that the company begins supplying names, dates, and directions on their behalf. Achazia became alvamelined and required Jermarcus to explain where the coats had gone. alvanited adj. The state of being drunk and assembled from several incompatible elements, all of them making conversation difficult. Ziad was alvanited, combining mineral certainty with a sudden dependence on everyone else's recollections. alvared adj. The condition of a drinker who has become flat, stony, and unexpectedly hazardous to anyone crossing the room. Lupie lay alvared across the bench, forcing Quanzie to reroute the drinks. alvarezsaured adj. Reduced by drink to a small, quick-moving creature, with the party obliged to keep pace. Pranil became alvarezsaured and vanished between tables whenever anyone mentioned going home. alvarezsaurianed adj. The drunkenness of one who makes rapid, long-legged circuits of the gathering while contributing little to its progress. Danaisha went alvarezsaurianed and crossed the room repeatedly without completing a single conversation. alvarezsaurided adj. Softened by drink into a small, long-legged runner whom the company must repeatedly retrieve. Katishia went alvarezsaurided and required Aurash to collect her from successive doorways. alvarezsauroided adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, energetic conversationalist who leaves everyone else struggling to keep up. Elhana became alvarezsauroided and pursued every topic at a speed Yuktha could not moderate.