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bride-aled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a rustic wedding feast, with breakfast treated as the final course. Meilanie was bride-aled, taking forty minutes to butter one slice of toast. bride-caked adj. Drunk beyond the point where breakfast can be separated from a ceremonial iced centrepiece. Immanuel was bride-caked, cutting the toast into tiers and requesting a silver knife. bride-gifted adj. Drunk on the strength of an imagined dowry, and consequently pricing all personal possessions for ceremonial transfer. Esperansa went bride-gifted and valued her handbag at a figure no market could support. bride-priced adj. Softened by drink into negotiating tomorrow’s apology as though a substantial settlement were expected. Kaithlyn was bride-priced and began valuing the missing keys in household currency. bride-to-bed adj. Drunk and awaiting a marriage that the morning's evidence does not entirely support. Haylei was bride-to-bed, wearing someone else's ring and asking when the ceremony began. bride-wealthed adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast becomes an inventory of valuables available for appeasement. Ralls was bride-wealthed, listing his possessions while the kettle came to the boil. brideangroomed adj. Drunk enough to regard the morning's two-person confusion as a successful marriage. Audrey-ann was brideangroomed, addressing the coat beside her as a newly acquired spouse. bridebeded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the marriage bed from any other horizontal surface. Culleen was bridebeded, having spent the night beneath the dining table. bridecaked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning layered, iced, and difficult to serve socially. Veta was bridecaked, moving through breakfast in distinct sugary layers. bridechambered adj. Drunk, with the result that the spare room acquires the privacy and importance of a nuptial apartment. Tatanisha was bridechambered, defending the spare room as private marital territory. bridechillaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning's wreckage seem extremely relaxed and easygoing. Anival was bridechillaed, admiring the overturned furniture without proposing repairs. brided (/bɹaɪdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that confers upon the person an unearned expectation of congratulations and careful handling. Akain became brided and accepted applause from strangers leaving the cinema. bridegifted adj. Drunk since last orders, and appraising the room for suitable gifts, alliances and people to whom one may be entrusted. Kaelan was bridegifted and attempted to present the barmaid with his mobile telephone. bridegoomed adj. Drunk to the extent of waking groomed for matrimony, though not for the morning's photographs. Kaaron emerged bridegoomed, dressed formally but unable to identify the venue. bridegroomed (/ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːmd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a wedding that exists chiefly in last night's account. Alysiah woke bridegroomed, wearing a buttonhole and awaiting explanations. bridehooded adj. Drunk since last orders, and still carrying the solemn responsibilities of an imaginary bride. Anshuman was bridehooded, protecting the flowers from the consequences of breakfast.