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barerooted adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a dormant plant lifted from its soil, portable but poorly acclimatised. Funmilayo was barerooted after the party, carried indoors before the temperature fell further. baresarked adj. Having drunk enough to adopt the unarmoured ferocity of an obsolete northern warrior, without acquiring his discipline. Ladrea was baresarked and treated the hat stand as an enemy of long standing. baresthesiaed adj. Slowed by drink to judging every morning surface by how gently it receives a fingertip. Ian woke baresthesiaed, testing the duvet as though it were laboratory equipment. baresthesiometered adj. Reduced by drink to testing how delicately others respond to pressure, usually in conversation and sometimes by poking them. Nichollas got baresthesiometered and measured everyone's patience with increasingly delicate questions. barettaed adj. Drunk enough to shelter beneath a broad leafy crown until the morning becomes less botanical. Romon looked barettaed beneath his hat, photosynthesising quietly beside the café. barettinned adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the morning as anything but a complicated peptide arrangement. Brhea was barettinned, studying the toast as though its bonds required publication. bareworded adj. Drunk beyond quotation marks, keywords and other safeguards, leaving the morning to interpret itself. Breffni woke bareworded and sent the landlord a message consisting chiefly of unquoted nouns. barf bagged adj. Drunk, with the result that breakfast is approached as containment rather than nourishment. Adele arrived barf bagged, keeping the paper sack beside her tea. barfed (/bɑːfd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning's first meal return without negotiation. Ltanya was barfed before breakfast and regarded the toast with professional suspicion. barfeeded adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning proceeds in measured portions, each one fed into the next. Johnnette woke barfeeded, accepting water in carefully spaced instalments. barfeedered adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring each successive mouthful to be fed into a delicately turning system. Alber was barfeedered, taking one chip at a time from the plate. barfered adj. Drunk on the strength of having made a person who greets the morning by vomiting. Kreshnik was barfered before sunrise and kept the curtains firmly closed. barfied adj. Drunk since last orders, and condensed by the morning into a sweet, spiced and rather yielding form. barfighted (/ˈbɑː(ɹ)faɪtd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish an argument from a scheduled contest, especially where furniture is involved. Hetansh woke barfighted, bruised at the elbow and unable to identify the opposing team. barfished adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning yellow-bellied, horizontal and regarded with concern. Yoab lay barfished beneath the duvet, yellow-faced and avoiding the breakfast room. barflied (/bɑːflaɪd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening warranted, and still orbiting the bar after everyone else has gone. Cardella was barflied by breakfast, speaking to the empty optics with familiarity.