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bachelorxed adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced both marital status and the customary assumptions attached to it. Valrea woke bachelorxed, unable to say whether the ring belonged to them or the bedside lamp. bacheloured adj. Drunk by the third round, and socially restored to an obsolete bachelorhood of considerable self-regard. Asahi became bacheloured and announced that domestic responsibility had been greatly overstated. bachelried adj. A drinker who wakes collectively aspiring to knighthood, despite possessing only a robe and a headache. Aakanksha was bachelried by sunrise, awarding breakfast points for courage and toast. bachfisched adj. Drunk to a degree that restores the household certainty and volatility of late adolescence. Cruze became bachfisched and demanded the last biscuit as though it were a constitutional right. bachshished adj. A drinker who distributes small sums freely, provided everyone acknowledges the gesture. Arkee went bachshished and tipped the band before they had played a note. bachured adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's lesson appears to require sacred texts and a lowered voice. Daasia was bachured at breakfast, whispering questions about last night's argument into the teapot. bacillaemiaed adj. The state of being drunk and circulating unwanted microscopic guests through every account of the night. Ayanami was bacillaemiaed by breakfast, spreading small infectious explanations from room to room. bacillariophyceaned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become glassy, striated and difficult to distinguish from the breakfast light. Yuleisy was bacillariophyceaned at dawn, translucent with fatigue and arranged beside the window. bacillariophyted adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into a microscopic, glassy morning and resists being swept away. bacillemiaed adj. Reduced by drink to a bloodstream of small, persistent disturbances which the morning cannot quite clear. Saira was bacillemiaed at breakfast, each sip of water producing another minor complaint. bacillibactinned adj. Softened by drink into scavenging the morning for iron, chiefly in toast, cutlery and other people's patience. Draya became bacillibactinned and searched the breakfast table for anything remotely restorative. bacillicided adj. Sharpened by drink into eliminating every small objection, including several that had not yet arisen. Eli was bacillicided by breakfast, killing minor conversational nuisances with one raised eyebrow. bacilliformed adj. Loosened by drink into a small, rod-like figure found horizontal among the morning's bedding. Alaiyna was bacilliformed at dawn, stretched along the sofa with admirable cylindrical economy. bacillinned adj. Emboldened by drink to oppose every morning bacterium, whether real, imagined or merely unwashed. Madelon was bacillinned at breakfast, challenging the dishcloth to explain its presence. bacillithioled adj. Slowed by drink to a sticky, sugar-bound morning in which every movement requires a small release of energy. Machias was bacillithioled by breakfast, peeling a boiled egg with prolonged chemical concentration. bacillolysinned adj. Having drunk enough to dissolve every objection in the room, as though it were a warm culture.