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beaverwooded adj. Describing a drinker who has become large, deciduous, and inclined to shed leaves of paper everywhere. Bedar was beaverwooded, sprawling beneath the lamp and dropping receipts like autumn foliage. beazled (/[ˈbiːzəɫ]d/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every bright object appears set in a precious metal surround. Haizen was beazled and examined the landlord's cufflinks as though selecting a jewel. bebadeesed adj. Sharpened by drink into discussing undergarments with the precision of a tailor and the timing of a fool. Tiffy was bebadeesed by closing time and inspected every coat seam for suitable support. bebbied adj. Sufficiently drunk to revert to baby-talk, uncertain locomotion, and an immediate preference for being carried. Sevaughn became bebbied and announced each subsequent movement with solemn little noises. bebeed adj. The state of being drunk and addressing one's companion with an obsolete domestic authority. Ranyah was bebeed, issuing household instructions to a man who had merely borrowed her chair. bebeerined adj. The condition of a drinker who requires a medicinal explanation for conduct better attributed to the bar. Kanoelani was bebeerined, prescribing quinine when another person suggested water. bebeerinned adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes an archaic pharmaceutical name for a respectable defence. Denasia was bebeerinned and attributed the argument to an obsolete febrifuge. bebeerued adj. Drunk in a way that makes you slow, valuable-looking and unsuitable for being felled by the first doorway. Nomar was bebeerued by the final round, standing solidly beside the exit and refusing assistance. bebincaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a warm, layered pudding of coconut, almonds, and misplaced certainty. Jessicia was bebincaed, sweetly layered in argument and served at considerable warmth. bebinkaed adj. Loosened by drink into a warm, almond-garnished softness whose layers no longer retain their order. bebirined adj. Reduced by drink to an archaic medicinal substance, bitter in manner and offered as a cure for conversation. Hernesto was bebirined, speaking with antique gravity and prescribing himself to the room. bebizationed adj. Emboldened by drink to sing according to a seventeenth-century system nobody present has authorised. Dennette grew bebizationed and introduced an ancient singing system to the closing-time audience. bebopped (/ˈbiːbɒpd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a complex, dissonant rhythm, with every movement arriving behind its accompaniment. Orvill was bebopped, turning a simple toast into a syncopated negotiation with the glass. beboppered adj. Drunk and improvising intricate, dissonant explanations for conduct that requires none. Laver was beboppered, soloing through an account of the missing umbrella. bebtelovimabed adj. Drunk to the point where every social difficulty is treated as a condition requiring a named treatment. Zerelda was bebtelovimabed and proposed a clinical intervention for the noisy table. bebunged adj. Drunk enough to repeat a single note, gesture, or grievance until the room begins to vibrate. Chiani was bebunged, returning to the same complaint with sustained pedal-like determination.