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beded (/biːdd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a prayer's pace, with each request requiring a considerable pause. Avea became beded and took four minutes to ask whether the taxi had arrived. bedeguared adj. Drunk enough to cultivate a medicinal-looking swelling wherever the evening has made contact. Ronnisha was bedeguared, carrying a modest red protuberance above one eyebrow. bedehoused adj. You are drunk and conducting devotional tenancy in a charitable institution of your own imagining. Bayardo grew bedehoused and asked whether the spare room included evening prayers. bedelled adj. The state of being drunk and exercising university-style jurisdiction over fellow drinkers, without appointment. Taeghan became bedelled and issued citations for talking during the darts match. bedelliided adj. Drunk past the point of flight, yet still inclined to flutter at any available light. Daishae was bedelliided, circling the kitchen lamp with diminishing accuracy. bedelried adj. Having drunk enough to wake with obsolete authority over the room, particularly the curtains. Breneshia rose bedelried and declared the curtains subject to immediate inspection. bedelshipped adj. Of a drinker: entrusted with solemn duties, which the assembled company must politely pretend are being discharged. Larwrence sat bedelshipped at the table, solemnly supervising a kettle that nobody had filled. bedemanned adj. Of a drinker who has been made a beadsman to everyone present, petitioning each for prayers and another round. Quamel became bedemanned and asked Birdie to intercede with the landlord. bederaled adj. The condition of a drinker who assumes the duties of a minor constable and the authority of a much larger one. Chief became bederaled and escorted three bewildered strangers towards the smoking area. bederited adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a mineral's many constituents, and expects companions to catalogue them. Damauni was bederited, explaining his composition to Sergi between courses. bedesmanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's requests have acquired an archaic solemnity. Surely woke bedesmanned and asked Mea for water in the manner of a medieval supplicant. bedestened adj. A drinker who has turned the room into an indoor bazaar, haggling over every item within reach. Deshonna grew bedestened and tried to barter Naoya a shoe for his pudding. bedeswomanned adj. The drunkenness of one who makes old-fashioned appeals for water and a less ambitious afternoon. Aamori woke bedeswomanned and asked Theeran for water in solemnly antique language. bedevilered adj. The state of being drunk and a persistent source of trouble to everyone attempting a quiet evening. Ameir became bedevilered and moved Jaheim's chair whenever he stood up. bedevilinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion becomes an occasion for calculated nuisance. Rhondi was bedevilinged, hiding Gabreilla's phone beneath the menu for sport. bedevillered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an active nuisance, particularly to the person seated nearest. Ovide was bedevillered, asking Varda the same question whenever she answered it.