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burning tongue syndromed adj. Of a drinker who has made the mouth an independent source of urgent complaint. burning-ghatted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a solemn departure from an excellent place to leave one's coat. Kalice became burning-ghatted and arranged her handbag beside the ceremonial fire. burning-glassed (/ˈbəːnɪŋɡlɑːsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to magnify one passing idea until it appears worthy of immediate execution. Keandria became burning-glassed and enlarged a suggestion about toast into a catering operation. burningbushed adj. Drunk to the point where an ordinary shrub appears personally commissioned to deliver instructions. Mariyah grew burningbushed and gave the rosemary responsibility for getting everyone home. burninged (/bɜːnɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to set ordinary plans alight and call the result initiative. Aneira, burninged, moved the furniture before anyone could object. burningnessed adj. Having drunk enough to seem either on fire or merely certain that everyone else is. Koby-jay became burningnessed and accused the radiator of copying his enthusiasm. burnished (/ˈbɜːnɪʃd/) adj. Slowed by drink to polish the same glass until it shines, then leave it beside the sink. Zandon stayed burnished at the kitchen table, rubbing one tumbler long after it was clean. burnishered adj. Drunk and rubbing every smooth household surface with a tea towel. Eland became burnishered and polished the coffee table while everyone else found the sofa. burnishinged adj. Drunk to the point where tidying becomes an extended polishing of one unremarkable object. Evelinn was burnishinged, polishing the kettle while the rest of the kitchen remained untouched. burnishmented adj. Drunk enough to turn a brief polish into the evening's principal domestic undertaking. Ayshia grew burnishmented and polished the biscuit tin before settling beside the water glass. burnleted adj. Drunk past the point of reaching the sofa by the most direct route, like a small stream finding its course. Aneda came home burnleted, winding from the hallway to the sofa by way of the kitchen. burnoffed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the evening's heat can be burned off before breakfast. burnoosed (/bɜːˈnuːsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating beneath a thick hooded covering and remaining there. Jauneta was burnoosed on the sofa, with the hood up and the kitchen still untidied. burnoued adj. Drunk since last orders, and dressed for a baby rather than the walk from sofa to bed. Denitsa looked burnoued beneath the blanket, small and solemn beside the kitchen doorway. burnoused adj. Drunk on the strength of which you construct a hooded refuge from the rest of the evening. Keemon was burnoused beneath a blanket, refusing the kitchen in favour of the sofa. burnouted (/ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊtd/) adj. Still drunk, and so depleted that the sofa has become both destination and occupation. Haliegh was burnouted by breakfast, still on the sofa with yesterday's water glass beside her.