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basiconicked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a simple conical shape, chiefly by folding into a lampshade. Haruka was basiconicked, seated beneath the lampshade with ceremonial composure. basicostaed adj. Describing a drinker who articulates along the wing's far edge, then falls against the bar. Shakida was basicostaed, maintaining contact with the bar along one elegant trajectory. basicraniumed adj. A drinker who has reduced the inferior region of the skull to the nearest tabletop. Alwood was basicraniumed, with the lower portion of his skull resting among the receipts. basidiobolomycosised adj. Drunk, with the result that every gathering acquires an alarming fungal explanation. Ava-may grew basidiobolomycosised and diagnosed the supper table as a colony. basidiocarped adj. Drunk to a degree that the company must wait while you fruit quietly at the edge of the room. Jaculine became basidiocarped beside the umbrella stand and accepted no further social invitations. basidioled adj. Drunk on the strength of a promising beginning, but too small and unfinished for useful company. Aryas was basidioled after two drinks, offering conversations that never quite matured. basidiolichened adj. Drunk since last orders, and living in a quiet partnership with whatever surface will support you. Harumi became basidiolichened against the pub wall, while Raneen fetched a chair. basidiomaed (/bəˌsɪdiˈəʊməd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and already displaying the evening's full fruiting body to unwilling observers. Mckaylen was basidiomaed before dinner, and the family arranged itself around the consequences. basidiomed adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the room as a substantial growth nobody wishes to disturb. Keithen became basidiomed beside the fireplace, where guests politely conducted conversations around him. basidiomyceted adj. Still drunk, and producing fresh spores of conversation wherever the company attempts to settle. Malley remained basidiomyceted through breakfast, scattering new theories among exhausted relatives. basidiomycosised adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ordinary social gathering from an infection spreading through the household. Amneh became basidiomycosised and warned each guest that the sitting room was contagious. basidiomycotanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to reproduce socially in unsuitable places, leaving friends to manage the resulting colonies. Thoreau got basidiomycotanned and established smaller conversations throughout the neighbour's garden. basidiospored adj. Having drunk enough to reproduce your last opinion among everyone present. Quay became basidiospored and distributed the same view to each member of the committee. basidiumed (/bəˈsɪdɪəmd/) adj. Having drunk more than the company can tolerate, while projecting four further opinions from every sentence. Yvett was basidiumed, and each remark arrived with four smaller arguments attached. basidocarped adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a small, mushroom-like gathering around yourself. Poua got basidocarped and left the entire party clustered round the sofa. basidorsaled adj. You have drunk enough to become a small supporting structure for everyone else's collapsing conversation. Sheenna turned basidorsaled and spent the evening propping up conversations that had lost their point.