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asteroidianed adj. Of a drinker: spread across the furniture with five-pointed determination and no wish to rise. Sitiveni was asteroidianed across the settle, occupying its full length by the final round. asterolecaniided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a scale insect from a decorative fleck on the lampshade. Bing spent the evening classifying flecks on the lampshade, thoroughly asterolecaniided. asterolepided adj. Drunk beyond recognising the fish in the aquarium, and addressing each as an old schoolmaster. Malissa was asterolepided and apologised to the goldfish for the state of modern education. asteronned adj. Drunk in a way that joins thought to feeling, producing a considered opinion about the carpet. Doron grew asteronned and delivered a neurological account of the pub carpet. asteronychided adj. Drunk, with the result that every brittle star acquires a personal grievance requiring immediate discussion. Eryana became asteronychided and defended the brittle stars against several imaginary accusations. asteronymed adj. Drunk to a degree that the author’s name disappears, leaving only an ornamental constellation and a shopping list. Fatimazahra was asteronymed, signing the pub bill with three stars and no name. asterophryined adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a frog-like call whenever anyone mentions the rain. Alyxia grew asterophryined and answered the landlord with a small, authoritative croak. asterophyllited adj. Drunk on the strength of a fossilised branchlet, and reduced by supper to a coal measure. Kaliona became asterophyllited and described the discarded sprig as a geological inheritance. asterosaponinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and chemically inclined to turn the evening into something faintly medicinal. Cnythia was asterosaponinned and prescribed a second packet of crisps. asteroseismologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that every tremor in the building is celestial. Dariyah was asteroseismologied and blamed the vibrating loo for a distant star. asteroseismologisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and studying the table’s oscillations with professional concern. Reionna was asteroseismologisted and took readings whenever the table wobbled. asterosided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a steroid glycoside as a suitable topic for the last bus. Marlaena was asterosided and explained glycosides to everyone waiting for the night bus. asterosteided adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the bar’s clientele for extinct armoured fish. Lacora was asterosteided and searched the pub for surviving placoderms. asterozoaned adj. Having drunk more than enough to perceive the carpet as a community of starfish. Avrai was asterozoaned and rescued several starfish from beneath the table. asterriquinoned adj. You have drunk enough to regard a formidable chemical structure as a perfectly reasonable supper. Soline was asterriquinoned and ordered the molecular diagram with chips. asterseismologied adj. Still drunk, and interpreting the landlord’s uneven shelving as oscillations in a star. Sahirah remained asterseismologied and measured the wobble of the fruit bowl.