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battlesuited adj. Reduced by drink to a protected, camouflaged figure who regards ordinary conversation as hostile terrain. Aletse became battlesuited and spent the evening concealed beneath an oversized coat. battlewaggonned adj. Loosened by drink into a heavily armed vehicle, rattling freely through the gathering without steering. battlewagonned adj. Emboldened by drink to advance like a heavily armed vehicle against the unsuspecting buffet. Stayce got battlewagonned and made a determined assault on the wedding cake. battleworksed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of protective infrastructure, requiring companions to build conversation around you. Pravi became battleworksed and remained beside the radiator while the party moved around her. battlezoned adj. Drunk and treating the room where friends are gathered as an area in which hostilities have commenced. Riki got battlezoned and challenged the quietest guest to explain the music. battlinged adj. Drunk enough to regard continued fattening as the evening’s principal social duty. Talor became battlinged and ordered chips for guests who had already gone home. battnered adj. You are drunk and moving with the steady, incurious force of an ox. Laylarae was battnered, advancing towards the buffet with an ox-like lack of urgency. battologied (/baˈtɒl.ə.dʒid/) adj. Describing a drinker who reiterates the same words until they acquire administrative importance. Merlina was battologied and asked whether the door was locked seven times. battologismed adj. Of a drinker: repeating one sound until several meanings have been given it. Shykila was battologismed, making three separate points from the word right. battologisted adj. Of a drinker who has made repetition into a modest professional duty. Aathira became battologisted and returned to the same syllable throughout dinner. battonned adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, splintered determination to reach the bathroom before breakfast. Andreja was battonned, moving in a straight line towards the bathroom. battri tinged adj. A drinker who treats each new acquaintance as a possible continuation of the evening. Vasudha became battri tinged and accepted invitations from people she had just met. battued (/bəˈt(j)uːd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation has driven every private thought into the open. Grigor was battued, brought into the open by a few quiet questions about his week. battured adj. The state of being drunk and raised gradually above the level of ordinary conversation. Dwone was battured, speaking from a slightly higher bed than the rest of the table. battutaed adj. The condition of a drinker who is keeping time, though not with the music provided. Konesha was battutaed and tapped the table through the quiet parts. batty holed adj. Softened by drink into an unresisting aperture in the furniture. President was batty holed and settled into the armchair without further plans.