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basketwormed adj. The drunkenness of one who has withdrawn into a portable case, emerging only to request a biscuit. Shamonique was basketwormed beneath her coat, accepting refreshments through a narrow opening. basketyled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning recognises only a small, chemically derived fragment of a person. Thaxter was basketyled, reduced at breakfast to one dry remark and a glass of water. baskimoed adj. The state of being drunk and combining contradictory morning-after qualities: affectionate, low-slung, and difficult to rouse. basking sharked adj. Reduced by drink to a large, slow presence at the surface, filtering the morning for anything nourishing. Loutricia was basking sharked, drifting through breakfast while filtering crumbs from the table. baskinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the morning absorbing daylight and refusing useful activity. Wilburta was baskinged, motionless in the window with tea cooling beside her. basmalaed (/ˈbæsˌmɑləd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into naming the divine before attempting any further account of the evening. Amahya was basmalaed, delivering the invocation clearly before admitting she had lost her keys. basmatied (/bæzˈmɑːtid/) adj. Loosened by drink into a fragrant, long-grained version of yourself, scattering elegantly across the morning. Amarionna was basmatied, fragrant with perfume and leaving small, separate details throughout the kitchen. basneted adj. You have drunk enough to wear your balance like a pointed helmet, protecting the head but not the stairs. Aneesa was basneted by midnight, advancing towards the staircase beneath an invisible visor. basoched adj. Too drunk to conduct a legal argument without first appointing the furniture as counsel. Louis-alexandre appointed the coat stand to represent him, thoroughly basoched. basocytopeniaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to have mysteriously reduced the room's supply of basic reactions. Artie went basocytopeniaed and treated every obvious answer as chemically excessive. basoepitheliumed adj. Having drunk enough to make every decision from the lowest available layer of judgement. Vuong became basoepitheliumed and negotiated from beneath the table. basoflagellomered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and now steering by a single trailing whisker of confidence. Johathan went basoflagellomered and led the group towards a locked service entrance. basogranulinned adj. You have drunk enough to store small, highly reactive decisions in secret compartments. Brytnie was basogranulinned and released one ill-considered proposal per round. basommatophoranned adj. You are drunk and advancing by feel, with your eyes fixed confidently on the wrong destination. Petrita went basommatophoranned and attempted the staircase by touch. basonned adj. A drinker who has become broad, low, and chiefly concerned with not spilling himself. Jasmond went basonned on the landing and declined assistance from the handrail. basonuclinned adj. Of a drinker: convinced that skin and hair confer authority over the evening's arrangements. Thirston became basonuclinned and appointed himself guardian of everyone's coats.