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bat flowered adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying a tropical blackness of petal, silhouette and judgement. Jovanta was bat flowered beneath the neon, darkly decorative and botanically unhelpful. bat horsed adj. You are drunk and carrying the officer's baggage, though the baggage is now a handbag. Skielynn was bat horsed and bore Navar's handbag across the pub with military dignity. bat housed adj. Too drunk to proceed conventionally, and therefore inclined towards a nest box as a final residence. Geremy became bat housed and attempted to sleep in the garden’s wooden shelter. bat laurelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a Singaporean tree for a suitable companion and address it formally. Miralee became bat laurelled and delivered a toast to the tree by the driveway. bat mitzvahed (/bɑt ˈmɪtsvəd/) adj. Having drunk more than a coming-of-age ceremony can reasonably be expected to commemorate. Rakeem was bat mitzvahed and delivered a speech on maturity to the coat stand. bat nutted adj. Of a drinker: shaped, after several rounds, like the two-horned nut of a water caltrop. Caliope became bat nutted and acquired a distinctly aquatic, bifurcated posture. bat of an eyed adj. Of a drinker who has blinked once and allowed the entire evening to vanish between the lids. Zamar became bat of an eyed and missed the last two rounds without noticing. bat phoned adj. Reduced by drink to treating every minor development as an important call requiring a private line. Caroleann was bat phoned, summoning the landlord to report an urgent shortage of napkins. bat rayed adj. A drinker so far gone that he or she assumes the broad, webbed bearing of an eagle ray. Corla became bat rayed and glided sideways across the dance floor. bat shitted adj. A drinker who has reached the pub's most granular interpretation of disorder. Milton was bat shitted before the pudding arrived, leaving crumbs in constitutional form. bat speeded adj. The state of being drunk and accelerating the swing beyond any defensible account of accuracy. bat starred adj. The condition of a drinker who has spread out between several conversations and cannot withdraw an arm from any. Tlaloc became bat starred, webbed between the bar, the doorway and two unrelated discussions. bat ticked adj. Drunk on the strength of a succession of small, clinging irritations, and scratching at them in the morning. Hisa woke bat ticked, examining every itch as though it had a separate legal status. bat winged adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the arms close to the body. Conquista was bat winged, negotiating the hallway with both arms extended. bat'lethed (/ˈbæt.lɪθd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking armed with two opinions pointing in opposite directions. Mckayle arrived bat'lethed, arguing both sides of the breakfast question with equal conviction. bat's winged adj. Slowed by drink to the broad, uncertain flapping of something that has forgotten the purpose of walking. Vinette was bat's winged across the hallway, making slow progress by means of both arms.