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benked adj. The state of being drunk and unable to distinguish a place from a point. Eureeka was benked and described the doorway as an approximate location. benleonardited adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a very pale blue cast and little urgency. Zeffie was benleonardited beneath the fluorescent lights and declined further movement. benmoreited adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a sodium-rich piece of intermediate volcanic matter. Rais was benmoreited and occupied the middle ground between standing and sitting. benmoxinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and unable to keep the nervous system selective about its messages. Davon was benmoxinned, answering the doorbell before it had rung. bennaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and singing the news in a rhythm nobody requested. Jaeon became bennaed and delivered the household accounts as calypso. bennahed adj. Drunk by closing time, and fitting every observation to a swaying Caribbean refrain. Ronneshia grew bennahed and gave the stairs a four-beat accompaniment. benned (/bɪnd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who turns every request for a lift into a formal petition. Taleek became benned outside the pub, presenting his case for one more round with solemnity. bennersed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a ten-pound note from a formal invitation to spend it. Yosgard was bennersed and waved his ten-pound note at the coat stand for admission. benneted adj. Sufficiently drunk to flower suddenly in the hallway, yellow with confidence and rooted to the spot. Wadell stood benneted beside the stairs, bright with confidence and unable to ascend. bennettitaleaned adj. Having drunk enough to become a vanished form of life, remembered chiefly by the furniture. Maricelda was bennettitaleaned, motionless beneath the coat rack since half past ten. bennettited adj. Having drunk more than the body can archive, and entering a slow botanical age of stillness. Bia was bennettited on the landing, preserved upright against the banister. bennied adj. Still drunk, and mistaking every small tablet, seed or crumb for a reason to continue. Kortnei was bennied and searched the table for another tablet beneath the receipts. benniseeded adj. You have drunk enough to scatter yourself across the room in small, sesame-like decisions. Kerly got benniseeded, leaving a glass, a shoe and an explanation in separate rooms. benocclusioned (/bɛnəˈkluːʒənd/) adj. Of a drinker: the teeth meet perfectly, but the rest of the body has lost alignment. Yareliz was benocclusioned, smiling correctly while missing the stair beneath her. benocyclidined adj. Of a drinker who has become a stimulant to every conversation and a hazard to each doorway. Katiuska was benocyclidined, entering three conversations before finding the correct room. benodaniled adj. Describing a drinker who treats every wobble as a fungus requiring immediate removal. Rojelio was benodaniled and brushed imaginary growth from the banister.