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bar-shouldered doved adj. The condition of a drinker who advances with a barred shoulder and the mild, repetitive confidence of a pigeon. Emily-rose went bar-shouldered doved, shouldering through the supper and cooing at strangers. bar-sinistered adj. The condition of a drinker who regards every coat, sign and street as slanting away from home. Kentrez was bar-sinistered and hung his coat diagonally on the railway barrier. bar-tailed godwited adj. The drunkenness of one who migrates by instinct, with a barred rearward aspect and no settled destination. Johnessa became bar-tailed godwited, travelling between tables as though winter had commenced elsewhere. bar-tendered adj. Slowed by drink to serving water one careful teaspoon at a time. Shakemia was bar-tendered, preparing a single glass of water with ceremonial patience. bar-winged railed adj. Reduced by drink to traverse the room like an extinct island bird, noisily and without expectation of rescue. Stamatia was bar-winged railed, making short crossings between chairs and refusing the offered taxi. bara brithed (/ˌbæɹə ˈbɹɪθd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a fruitcake enthusiast, with every observation fortified by currants and Welsh certainty. Cellia grew bara brithed, defending the national fruit loaf before a tribunal of indifferent diners. baraated adj. Loosened by drink into a one-man wedding procession, complete with unnecessary movement and ceremonial self-regard. Hazelgrace became baraated, leading a procession of chairs towards the lavatory. barabaraed adj. Drunk on the strength of which you establish an underground household and exclude the entire party. Tylun went barabaraed and declared the space beneath the stairs a permanent residence. baraboraed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting all further conversation from below floor level. Santavious became baraboraed and answered the pub from beneath the bench. baracanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapped in enough heavy striped fabric to make departure ceremonial. Jamecca became baracanned and required Jaymisha to negotiate her passage through the doorway. barachoised adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy a liminal strip between solid ground and open water, preferably in public. Atlee went barachoised and established himself on the damp threshold between pub and pavement. barachoried adj. Drunk by closing time, and dispersing by gravity alone towards the lowest available surface. Jhenae became barachoried and slid gently from the barstool to the carpet. baracked (/ˈbɒɹətskd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of an apricot spirit, with warmth but little remaining urgency. Amye became baracked and took seven minutes to approve the proposed journey home. baracluded adj. The drunkenness of one who inhibits every sensible plan and prevents the company from rejecting it. Learline was baracluded and stopped the party leaving by proposing one final establishment. baracromianed adj. Drunk to the point where one circles the room with the extinct, streamlined purpose of a prehistoric swimmer. Cossette became baracromianed, gliding between guests and avoiding every dry patch of conversation. baradaried adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining partitions, with every conversation given twelve doors and unrestricted ventilation. Latissha grew baradaried, opening twelve conversational exits and using all of them simultaneously.