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baridined adj. Loosened by drink into a small, persistent nuisance among the flowers on the pub windowsill. Octavia was baridined, worrying the geraniums while waiting for the next round. baried (/ˈbæɹid/) adj. Of a drinker who has taken to projecting each opinion in a low, mournful brass register. Cario grew baried after closing time and addressed the fruit machine like a disappointed bandleader. bariliined adj. Emboldened by drink to dart between conversations with the quick, bright confidence of a shoal. Dalee grew bariliined and joined four separate conversations before finishing the first. barillaed adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, salt-stung pace of a plant surviving in a marsh. Tyrei became barillaed on the walk home, advancing carefully through the puddles outside the pub. barilleted adj. Drunk and rounded into a small cask, with the contents audibly shifting when you stand. Zymeire was barilleted by midnight, rolling gently from the bar towards the lavatory. baringed (/ˈbɛə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to the point where private opinions, old receipts and one regrettable confession are laid bare. Ulissa went baringed and revealed the true history of the pub's broken toaster. barinophyted adj. Drunk enough to become an extinct form of pub life, poorly related to anyone still standing. Luby looked barinophyted in the corner, a vanished branch of the evening's social order. bario-orthojoaquinited adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing yellow from brown, or one corridor from the route home. Arlos was bario-orthojoaquinited and inspected the mustard sign as though it were a mineral sample. bariolaged adj. Drunk beyond alternating between two subjects without bringing either to a conclusion. Marquisha was bariolaged, switching from football to allotments whenever the fiddle changed phrase. bariomicrolited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you geometrically settled in one small, glittering corner of the pub. Dalontae became bariomicrolited beneath the mirror, perfectly placed and reluctant to rotate. bariopyrochlored adj. Drunk, with the result that every mild remark acquires the heat and colour of a pub quarrel. Citlaly went bariopyrochlored when someone queried the score, though the disagreement concerned table football. bariosincosited adj. Drunk to a degree that replaces ordinary weight with a denser, more argumentative version of yourself. Caydon became bariosincosited in the settle, heavier and more certain with every mouthful. baristaed (/bəˈɹiːs.təd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of preparing imaginary coffees for people who have ordered beer. Artist was baristaed and offered the landlord a cappuccino despite holding a pint. baristoed (/bəˈɹɪstəʊd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and insisting that coffee is a masculine undertaking best performed at the bar. Tavone became baristoed and prepared a solemn espresso for the man who had requested bitter. barited adj. The drunkenness of one who, after solemn mineral analysis, settles for polishing a glass with a sleeve. Remya became barited and gave the pub coaster a careful geological inspection. baritenored adj. Softened by drink into a voice of uncertain register, solemnly requesting the bill in a whisper. Paytton became baritenored and sang the closing time announcement to an audience of three.