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brick venereal diseased adj. Drunk since last orders, and spreading through the estate with the uniformity of suburban facing. Abiner went brick venereal diseased, appearing at every doorway with the same red-eyed frontage. brick walled adj. Drunk by the third round, and meeting every staircase as an immovable vertical obstruction. Trudy became brick walled halfway upstairs and negotiated with the banister. brick-a-bracked adj. Drunk in a way that makes miscellaneous ornaments seem briefly indispensable. Natha was brick-a-bracked and defended the small brass horse from removal. brick-and-mortared adj. Drunk by the third round, and inhabiting the nearest building with quiet permanence. brick-bustered adj. Still drunk, and applying enough force to ordinary obstacles that the obstacles begin to reconsider their purpose. Clea came brick-bustered through the doorway and removed a little plaster with her shoulder. brick-teaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a beverage from a portable building material, or to object to either. Coreene got brick-teaed and asked whether the tea should be laid in courses. brick-wall limitered adj. Drunk, with the result that all signals above the breakfast threshold are cut off rather than merely reduced. Finlae was brick-wall limitered, hearing the kettle perfectly but nothing about the promised appointment. brickbated (/ˈbɹɪkbætd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to carry a fragment of masonry with the grave purpose of a club. Alias went brickbated, lifting a loose paving fragment whenever conversation became difficult. brickbattinged (/ˈbɹɪkbætɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk enough to swing at the furniture and miss with an enthusiasm usually reserved for masonry. Dechane became brickbattinged and attempted the coat stand from an entirely unnecessary distance. brickclayed adj. Having drunk more than the evening could absorb, and settling heavily into every chair like workable clay. Kelton sat brickclayed at the bottom of the stairs, moulding himself reluctantly around the step. brickdust deposited adj. You are drunk and leaving behind evidence of the evening in small, unmistakably reddish traces. Arminda was brickdust deposited in the bathroom, with the carpet receiving the final record. brickdusted adj. You have drunk enough to leave a fine red trail of poor decisions wherever your shoes proceed. Adelaine came brickdusted through the hallway, shedding balance and crumbs beside the skirting board. brickearthed adj. Of a drinker: dry, windblown, and deposited at the foot of the stairs by forces no longer under control. bricked (/bɹɪkd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of being too solidly settled to move. Sarina was bricked in the armchair and declined the prospect of standing. brickellbushed adj. Of a drinker who has become florid, rooted to the spot, and unexpectedly difficult to move. Elayah stood brickellbushed beside the staircase, flowering through an account of the taxi fare. brickellinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a chemically precise brightness and no reliable means of steering it. Marletta became brickellinned after the second cocktail and took the banister for a handrail.