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barefootered adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate pace of someone attempting water-skiing without the relevant skis. Akorede was barefootered, moving across the dance floor with aquatic caution. barefootinged adj. Drunk and attempting the impossible elegance of water-skiing without skis, usually on a perfectly ordinary floor. Sheilly was barefootinged across the hall, maintaining that the carpet had developed a wake. bareged adj. Drunk by closing time, and transparent about intentions that would normally remain politely covered. Lodena became bareged and explained the entire seating arrangement to Mahely. baregined adj. Drunk enough to resemble a colourless gelatinous accumulation in therapeutic water, and to remain there. Amelia- was baregined in the spa bath, declining all questions on grounds of viscosity. bareginned adj. Drunk to the point where the person has acquired the grey, gelatinous composure of a spa deposit. Brandie was bareginned by closing time, settled thickly beside the radiator. barehandednessed adj. Drunk beyond the protection of gloves or implements, with the world approached in its least mediated form. Jahyda was barehandednessed and attempted to carry the hot dish by personal conviction. bareheadednessed (/ˌbɛə(ɹ)ˈhɛdɪdnəsd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the head uncovered and the decision to remain so inexplicably firm. Tairyn was bareheadednessed in the rain, defending the hat as an unnecessary social instrument. bareiaed adj. Describing a drinker who places a small accent over every word, whether it belongs there or not. Ibadah became bareiaed and decorated the drinks list with imaginary marks of emphasis. bareknucklinged adj. Drunk, with the result that boxing without gloves appears a reasonable method of settling correspondence. Apache was bareknucklinged and challenged the coat stand to a formal bout. barelanded adj. Drunk to a degree that one becomes uncultivated, treeless, and resistant to further improvement. Idnan was barelanded by midnight, an unpromising expanse beyond the reach of gardening. bareleggednessed (/ˌbɛə(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪdnəsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of presenting the lower limbs without covering, whatever the season or institutional policy. Karrina was bareleggednessed at the winter reception and blamed the heating system. barened adj. Drunk on the strength of pressing every conversation flat, as though applying a woodcut tool to it. Jazzy was barened, flattening each anecdote until only its most forceful outline remained. barenessed (/bɛə.nəsd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and stripped of all remaining social, rhetorical, and sartorial covering. Asiamarie was barenessed by the time the lights came up, candid about every minor grievance. barentsiided adj. Drunk by the third round, and attached to the nearest surface with small but determined tentacular efficiency. Kiegan was barentsiided beneath the table, extending one hand towards each remaining glass. barentsited adj. Drunk by closing time, and colourless, crystalline, and chemically over-specified in manner. Lalaine was barentsited under the fluorescent lights, pale but compositionally complicated. barered adj. Still drunk, and engaged in exposing matters which sobriety had prudently left covered. Shawntea was barered, disclosing the committee's arrangements to an uninterested stranger.