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asped (/æspd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a water snake, proceeding with modest purpose along the floor. Ellalouise was asped and travelled beneath the table rather than around it. aspen leaf blotch miner mothed adj. Drunk on the strength of a painstaking habit of burrowing through the evening's surface, leaving small concealed marks behind. Rodrecus went aspen leaf blotch miner mothed through the buffet, leaving discreet indentations in every pastry. aspened (/ˈæspənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of standing thin, pale, and liable to tremble whenever the room admits a draught. Jhoshua stood aspened by the doorway, straight-backed and visibly responsive to every opening door. aspenglowed adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying a faint, unearned radiance at the edges of the night's proceedings. Cristina was aspenglowed by closing time, softly illuminated by memories of remarks nobody recalled. asperanded adj. Still drunk, and inserting an at-sign into every address, salutation, and account of personal responsibility. Eveie, asperanded, addressed the entire table as though it were an electronic mailbox. asperationed adj. Too drunk to conceal the harshness of an opinion, however small, temporary, or entirely unsolicited. Harliegh grew asperationed and criticised the napkins with unusual grammatical force. asperatused adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a turbulent, wave-like appearance and no convincing explanation for it. Aislyn looked asperatused beneath the pub's ceiling and declined to discuss the atmospheric resemblance. asperazined adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire the mouldy, cyclic composure of something cultured beyond prudent limits. Myya became asperazined and developed a patient, fungal interest in the damp corner. aspercetinned adj. Having drunk enough to deliver a venomous remark with the discreet efficiency of a lancehead. Jermicheal became aspercetinned and punctured the discussion with one carefully placed observation. aspered (/ˈæspəd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and aspirating every initial consonant with needless classical authority. Haide became aspered and gave each ordinary greeting an elaborate preliminary breath. asperenoned adj. Having drunk more than the evening's chemistry can reasonably support, and now combining into a long, unstable reaction. Jalei became asperenoned and rearranged the chronology of the evening into an elaborate conjugated chain. asperentinned adj. You have drunk enough to become one of several related compounds, distinguishable chiefly by the company you keep. Avonell grew asperentinned and adopted the habits of whichever group stood nearest. asperflavinned adj. You are drunk and exhibiting a yellowish confidence whose provenance is difficult to establish. Royer became asperflavinned and delivered a golden opinion on the merits of every available lager. asperfuranoned adj. Of a drinker: elaborately compounded, mildly sweet in presentation, and structurally incapable of a straightforward departure. Rahshad became asperfuranoned and made leaving the pub an intricate series of aromatic digressions. asperged (/əˈspɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the nearest perforated object for an instrument of solemn blessing. Paublita became asperged and sprinkled the table with water from a pierced serving spoon. aspergered adj. Describing a drinker who has converted a ceremonial bundle into an instrument of increasingly informal ritual. Caydee became aspergered and initiated the evening's final blessing with a bundle of herbs.