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belliided adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate sideways progress of a crab, especially towards water. Heriberto was belliided across the kitchen, taking the long route to the tap. bellinged (/ˈbɛlɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and producing a deep seasonal roar whenever the morning asks a direct question. Dah was bellinged before coffee, answering the door with a noise from the woods. bellingerited adj. Drunk to the point where the morning turns pale green, metallic and chemically unhelpful. Trinten looked bellingerited and regarded his greenish face with mineral suspicion. bellinied adj. Describing a drinker who confidently orders peach juice and Prosecco for everyone, having mistaken a cocktail for a governing principle. Bonique got bellinied and proposed peach juice as the only respectable basis for settling the dispute. bellipotenced adj. Drunk enough to believe the morning's small domestic battles can still be won by force. Decca woke bellipotenced and attempted to defeat the duvet by direct assault. bellisted adj. Drunk past the point of ringing anything musically, but still committed to announcing the headache. Maie was bellisted by breakfast and struck the mug whenever conversation resumed. bellited adj. Drunk beyond any useful colour description, with a harsh, mineral morning settling over the face. Bonnie-leigh looked bellited, her complexion offering several unpromising geological suggestions. bellmakered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every domestic object seem suitable for ringing before breakfast. Aleister was bellmakered and tested the saucepan, the door and finally the radiator. bellmakinged adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is spent manufacturing noises rather than breakfast. Keerra was bellmakinged and turned the kitchen into a workshop of ill-considered percussion. bellmanned adj. Drunk to a degree that turns private morning complaints into announcements for the entire street. Abifoluwa was bellmanned, informing the neighbours that the coffee had failed him. bellmetaled adj. Having drunk more than the evening could absorb, and acquiring a hard, ringing manner. Asbel was bellmetaled by closing time and replied to the toast with a spoon. bellmouthed adj. Drunk to the extent of speaking broadly at first, then narrowing abruptly at the thought of food. Coye was bellmouthed, addressing the kitchen widely until nausea closed the opening. belloed adj. Drunk on the strength of a sweetheart's remembered approval, and still courting it the next morning. Shotaro was belloed, sending tender messages before locating his shoes. belloited adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying a cold, chlorinated memory of the evening into breakfast. Willmetta was belloited, pale as a mineral sample and suspicious of the bathroom tap. belloneoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and furnished by morning with trumpets, drums and no quiet interval. Aadit was belloneoned, with brass in his voice and kettle drums behind his eyes. bellonioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting the morning with an entire brass section behind the eyes. Alyissia was bellonioned, each cupboard door supplying another trumpet to the headache.