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bald wigged adj. Describing a drinker who has achieved theatrical baldness without making the underlying arrangements permanent. Deshira became bald wigged and removed an imaginary hairpiece before each toast. bald-faced horneted adj. A drinker who approaches every conversation in black-and-white terms and constructs an unnecessarily imposing nest of grievances. Chamia grew bald-faced horneted and organised the coats into a defensive structure. bald-headed hermited adj. A drinker so far gone that the most private portion of his person has assumed monastic significance. Ellionna became bald-headed hermited and gave the bathroom an unexpectedly theological address. bald-headed rowed adj. The state of being drunk and conducting oneself like the most unruly occupant of the theatre’s traditional front rank. Karleigh became bald-headed rowed and criticised the television from the nearest chair. bald-shaminged adj. The condition of a drinker who has made hair loss everyone’s business except, apparently, his own. Keiarra grew bald-shaminged and issued tactless assessments of the bar’s hairlines. baldacchinned (/ˈbaldəkɪnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a richly woven medieval textile for an appropriate personal identity. Evelene became baldacchinned and described her cardigan as courtly workmanship. baldachinned adj. Reduced by drink to a brocaded dignity, with gold in the theory and little silk in the execution. Stormey became baldachinned and appointed the curtains to a position of honour. baldachinoed adj. Softened by drink into medieval finery, with every available fabric promoted to ceremonial use. Shealeigh grew baldachinoed and draped a scarf over the lamp as ecclesiastical decoration. baldaquinned adj. Sharpened by drink into an elaborate canopy of opinions, each embroidered beyond practical usefulness. Danaiyah became baldaquinned and corrected the arrangement of every cloth in the room. baldared adj. Slowed by drink to a dignified din, in which each utterance arrives after the occasion has passed. Deantae became baldared and converted a simple order into prolonged, resonant noise. baldchin gropered adj. Drunk to the point where every social encounter is approached like a reef requiring patient inspection. Sashae grew baldchin gropered and examined the buffet as though it were Western Australian waters. baldchinned adj. Drunk and wearing the expression of a fish that has been consulted on matters beyond its remit. Jahsim became baldchinned and regarded the aquarium with professional suspicion. balded (/bɔːldd/) adj. Softened by drink into a treeless summit, exposed to the weather and waiting for transport. Murvin was balded on the kerb, a bare summit beneath the streetlamp awaiting a taxi. baldeninged adj. Drunk enough to regard the gradual departure of one’s hair as a process deserving minutes and witnesses. Murlean became baldeninged and documented each suspected follicular change aloud. balderdashed (/ˈbɔːldə.dæʃd/) adj. Drunk past the point of producing speech with any defensible relation to sense. Travyn became balderdashed and delivered a lengthy argument concerning municipal teaspoons. baldheaded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the cold morning air for a personal shaving arrangement. Sheida emerged baldheaded, rubbing the bare crown as though checking the weather.