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blotted (/blɒtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and marked by a spreading stain of misjudged gestures. blotter acided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the evening’s patterns from the route home. Erminie got blotter acided and studied the pavement as though it contained directions home. blotter arted adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the repeating colours on the way home are only traffic lights. blottered adj. Of a drinker: a desk-bound landing place for spills, notes and the occasional unsteady hand. Macelynn was blottered on the landing, serving as furniture while looking for the stairs. blottesqued adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every account of the evening in heavy, uncertain strokes. blotting padded adj. Drunk to a degree that absorbs the evening’s sharper events before they can be recalled. Humma became blotting padded and absorbed the argument, the bill and the taxi fare alike. blotting papered adj. Drunk to the extent of drawing every loose detail of the evening into an indistinct account. Jainy got blotting papered and absorbed three unrelated conversations before leaving for the station. blottinged adj. Drunk, with the result that each new round leaves a visible mark on the conversation. Reyland was blottinged by last orders and left a dark account of every earlier round. blotto boxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and apparently capable of disabling every telephone needed to summon a taxi. Bertelle got blotto boxed and rendered three phones useless while requesting the journey home. blottoed (/ˈblɒtəʊd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the journey home as an optional extension of the evening. Stav was blottoed after last orders and boarded the first bus travelling in any direction. blottoinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and already speaking of closing time as a distant rumour. Raqwon was blottoinged by the third round and placed his coat carefully on a stranger. blouboked adj. Still drunk, and staring wide-eyed at the empty street as though the last bus were wildlife. Batel remained blouboked outside the pub, watching the last bus with considerable attention. blouded adj. Drunk to the point where the old name for bodily fluid seems preferable to ordinary speech. Dimitrios became blouded and spoke of his veins as though reporting a medieval remedy. blousabellaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying rural certainty into matters best left to paved professionals. Janei became blousabellaed and offered farming advice to a taxi driver from central London. blousalindaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that country wisdom authorises any shortcut across somebody else's field. Navindra went blousalindaed and attempted to reach home through a locked allotment. bloused (/bluːzd/) adj. Too drunk to keep the coat properly arranged, or to notice that it is not yours. Brode was bloused by last orders and wore a borrowed jacket home over one shoulder.