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beadhooked adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a boat-hook for a conversational instrument and the quay for a drawing room. Awn was beadhooked and attempted to retrieve a mooring while still discussing municipal finance. beadhoused adj. You have drunk enough to require charitable accommodation and to pray formally for whoever provides it. Deepa became beadhoused and blessed the stranger who found her a chair near the radiator. beadiesed adj. Of a drinker: possessed of bright, bead-like eyes which have begun independently auditing the room. Keilianys looked beadiesed and followed each passing glass with professional concentration. beadinessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a concentrated, bead-like stare and the conviction that it communicates adequately. Avilyn became beadinessed and regarded the barman with two perfectly polished requests. beadinged (/ˈbiːdɪŋd/) adj. Describing a drinker who conceals every conversational joint with ornamental elaboration. Donavan grew beadinged and inserted decorative qualifications wherever a sentence threatened to end. beadled (/[ˈbiːdəɫ]d/) adj. A drinker so far gone that he appoints himself uniformed authority over arrivals, departures and minor disturbances. beadledomed adj. Sharpened by drink into a collective authority, finding minor breaches of order wherever glasses remain unattended. Moneeb, beadledomed by midnight, treated the assembled staff as a jurisdictional problem. beadlehooded adj. Loosened by drink into a representative of minor officialdom, with ceremony exceeding both office and occasion. Farees grew beadlehooded and opened the crisps with the gravity of a civic proclamation. beadleismed adj. Emboldened by drink to practise minor officialdom as a personal philosophy and to correct strangers accordingly. Luisdiego became beadleismed and lectured the table on proper conduct near the till. beadleried adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake believing the morning's jurisdiction includes deciding who may have coffee. Madhumita woke beadleried and quietly ruled that nobody was yet fit to operate the kettle. beadleshipped adj. Having drunk more than the morning can pardon, and petitioning the nearest superior for toast. Haileyann was beadleshipped by nine, seeking Uber's permission to lie down again. beadleted adj. You have drunk enough to mistake each headache for a small, separate object requiring counting. Miyuki woke beadleted and counted every pulse behind her left eye. beadmakered adj. You are drunk and manufacturing small, polished excuses for last night's missing hours. Euricka arrived beadmakered, producing neat explanations for each unexplained receipt. beadmakinged adj. Of a drinker: assembling the morning's apologies one small, decorative piece at a time. beadmanned adj. Describing a drinker who petitions the household for water with solemn, repeated humility. Kealyn became beadmanned before breakfast and appealed to Jyl for a glass of water. beadrolled adj. Of a drinker who has catalogued every person to whom an apology is owed, but not yet begun. Warne woke beadrolled and listed the people requiring apologies on the back of a receipt.