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bed-teaed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning requires tea delivered horizontally, preferably with a biscuit. Braniyah turned up bed-teaed, having sent the kettle upstairs before anyone asked. bed-wettered adj. Drunk by the third round, and sleeping with the uncertain dignity of someone who may need fresh linen. Eleanna woke bed-wettered and spent the first hour locating clean bedding. bed-wettinged adj. Softened by drink into treating an accidental night-time arrangement as a deliberate water feature. bedaquilined adj. A drinker who has settled into a long chemical name and cannot be persuaded to leave it. Jacquely was bedaquilined, reciting the label from the medicine cupboard to an empty landing. bedawinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a wanderer with no useful destination in mind. Alaiya was bedawinned and crossed the square as though following a distant camp. bedayaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a ceremonial performance that obliges the company to watch until the final gesture. Paulus became bedayaed and performed for Cecilly beside the closed curtains. bedazemented adj. A drinker so far gone that the bed appears to have become the principal object of public admiration. Samsara was bedazemented, applauding the landlord's perfectly ordinary mattress. bedazzlemented adj. The state of being drunk and dazzled by anything polished, glittering or recently wiped. Leeoma was bedazzlemented, admiring the fruit machine as though it had won an award. bedazzlered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the evening's principal source of glittering distraction. Kalley was bedazzlered, scattering sequins from her handbag across the pub carpet. bedbathed adj. Drunk to the point where washing is best attempted in bed, preferably by someone carrying a flannel. Lamond was bedbathed before the kitchen lights went out and slept through the kettle boiling. bedblockered adj. Drunk beyond useful independence, remaining where placed while the household looks for a suitable sleeping arrangement. Taymur was bedblockered in the sitting room, with a folded coat serving as a pillow. bedboarded adj. Reduced by drink to a rigid domestic fitting, upright only where the furniture happens to be. Danieljames was bedboarded against the hallway wall, offering no useful assistance with his coat. bedboxed adj. Softened by drink into a box-bed existence, enclosed with blankets and unwilling to emerge. Cornelia was bedboxed before midnight, with the duvet tucked round her like a wooden alcove. bedbuged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a sleeping host from a suitable feeding ground. Roimata became bedbuged and praised the guest bed for its excellent hospitality. bedchaired adj. Sufficiently drunk to require elevation from the horizontal, but not yet capable of rising. Jerrold was bedchaired before pudding, upright by mechanism rather than personal achievement. bedchambered adj. Having drunk more than the bedroom can reasonably contain, and lying across its threshold. Skyah was bedchambered, with one shoe in the room and the rest of the person undecided.