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alkakengied adj. Drunk by closing time, and glowing conspicuously beneath the cloakroom's dim attention. Curly was alkakengied by closing time and wore the wrong coat with quiet radiance. alkalaemiaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and raising the conversational pH until every mild remark became caustic. Amaana was alkalaemiaed and made the birthday toast noticeably more caustic. alkalamided adj. Still drunk, and combining an accommodating surface with an unexpectedly corrosive contribution to company. Pratyusha remained alkalamided, smiling politely while dismantling everyone's suggestions. alkalemiaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically committed to making the room more basic than it found it. Deionna was alkalemiaed and reduced the dinner's delicate discussion to blunt assertions. alkalescenced adj. Too drunk to remain neutral, with a gradual tendency towards basic remarks and alkaline company. Jomeka became alkalescenced and turned a civil supper into a series of blunt exchanges. alkalescencied adj. Sufficiently drunk to drift steadily towards the basic, while taking the rest of the table with you. Tyrius went alkalescencied and persuaded three guests that subtlety was a form of dishonesty. alkali basalted adj. The state of being drunk and becoming dark, immovable company with a sharp reaction to water. Sua got alkali basalted after closing time, reacting briskly whenever anyone suggested a soft drink. alkali beed adj. The condition of a drinker who has burrowed into one corner and will defend it with a small, persistent hum. Taiylor was alkali beed beneath the coat hooks, defending that patch of floor from all comers. alkali cellulosed adj. You are drunk and chemically bonded to the nearest group, making separation needlessly laborious. Tankia was alkali cellulosed, remaining attached to the same three friends throughout the evening. alkali feldspared adj. Of a drinker: pale, reactive and distributed through the gathering in several mutually inconvenient pieces. Fidensio was alkali feldspared, appearing at every table with a different version of the evening. alkali flatted adj. Describing a drinker who has dried out socially, leaving a salty expanse where conversation used to be. Markous was alkali flatted, staring across the party while everyone avoided the subject of transport. alkali flied adj. A drinker who skims from person to person, thriving wherever the conversation has turned briny. Tuscany was alkali flied, landing briefly beside each group before moving on. alkali grassed adj. Softened by drink into a salt-tolerant presence, quietly spreading across every unoccupied patch of company. Sevina was alkali grassed, settling wherever conversation had left a small opening. alkali greened adj. A drinker so far gone that every social surface has acquired the same vivid, synthetic colour. Danylo was alkali greened and made the quietest corner of the pub feel theatrically conspicuous. alkali metalled adj. The state of being drunk and soft, reactive, and liable to form an unwanted bond with whoever is nearby. Iole was alkali metalled and attached herself to a stranger's account of his holidays. alkalibionted adj. The condition of a drinker who can survive only in an alkaline social environment of blunt remarks and poor tact. Sargent was alkalibionted and flourished among the evening's least delicate conversationalists.