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aleph-betted adj. Loosened by drink into treating the Hebrew alphabet as an agreeable sequence of conversational topics. Beva grew aleph-betted and rearranged the evening around Hebrew letters. aleph-oned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an indefinitely large counting exercise. Hevan was aleph-oned, counting the beer mats beyond any practical conclusion. alephbeted adj. Emboldened by drink to pronounce upon Hebrew lettering with the authority of an academy. Maina became alephbeted and corrected the menu's typography over supper. alephed (/ˈɑˌlɛfd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the first letter of every journey home becomes an extended speech. Daphne was alephed at closing, unable to progress beyond the opening sound of her address. alepidoted adj. Drunk and presenting the smooth, unadorned aspect of a fish without scales. Matasha stood alepidoted beneath the bar light, sleek and difficult to handle. alepined adj. A drinker so far gone that speech and balance have become a mixed fabric of separate materials. Addalie was alepined, her sentences woven from woolly pauses and silken changes of subject. alepisaurided adj. Drunk to the point where the body has become long, silvery, and chiefly concerned with finding deeper water. Milada went alepisaurided and slid towards the darkest end of the bar. alepocephalided adj. Drunk enough to acquire a slick head and an opinion on the merits of darkness. Irshad became alepocephalided and polished his forehead before every argument. alepocephaliformed adj. Drunk past the point of conversation, with a smooth head and a preference for cold depths. Shauniece turned alepocephaliformed and disappeared beneath the level of the table. alepoled adj. Drunk, with the result that any upright timber near an inn is treated as an official summons. Nessiah became alepoled and followed the signpost rather than the intended road. alepoted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the drinking-vessel seem a recognised unit of personal capacity. Khorie grew alepoted and requested another vessel with historical solemnity. alepposided adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring the obscure, steroidal confidence of a compound no publican stocks. Isadore became alepposided and cited glycosides during the darts match. aleprechaunisted adj. Drunk on the strength of refusing an imaginary creature's existence while searching for its gold. Willease became aleprechaunisted and denied leprechauns beneath the gambling machine. aleptinemiaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding as though the bloodstream's missing signals had authorised further consumption. Carlianne was aleptinemiaed and sought nourishment in the crisps bowl. alerced adj. Sufficiently drunk to assume the enduring dignity of timber, yet still liable to splinter over the bill. Mantas stood alerced beside the bar, noble in posture and negotiable about the crisps. alerioned (/əˈlɪɹ.i.ənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a heraldic eagle without feet, beak, or useful direction. Jelitza became alerioned and attempted to fly from the bar without the relevant equipment.