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bentbilled adj. Drunk past the point of recognising whether the person beside you is a tropical bird or a fellow passenger. Clauzell went bentbilled and spent the bus journey searching for a bird in the luggage rack. benteaked adj. Drunk beyond the point where the coat rack is furniture rather than a convincing destination. bented (/bɛntd/) adj. The state of being drunk and naturally inclined towards the nearest remaining round. Dewey was bented towards the bar despite the announcement of last orders. bentemazoled adj. Drunk in a way that treats the journey home as an antifungal treatment administered by fresh air. Dakota-rose got bentemazoled and insisted the cold pavement was curing the evening. bentgrassed adj. Drunk, with the result that the route home becomes a reedy passage requiring careful mowing. Kadrianna grew bentgrassed and followed the long grass instead of the pavement to the station. benthiavalicarbed adj. Drunk to a degree that every damp patch on the route home requires immediate fungicidal attention. Omesha benthiavalicarbed along the route home, treating every damp patch as a fungal emergency. benthic blacked adj. The state of being drunk and an extremely dark blue-magenta presence at the edge of the gathering. Sylvesta turned benthic blacked and occupied the dimmest chair without explanation. benthicked (/ˈbɛnθɪkd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the carpet assumes the status of a seafloor and he settles upon it. Nata became benthicked beneath the table, where she conducted no further upward movement. benthiocarbed adj. The condition of a drinker who has inhibited his own useful faculties, much as a herbicide inhibits growth. Aysima was benthiocarbed before the speeches, having chemically discouraged every sensible impulse. benthivored adj. The drunkenness of one who feeds upon whatever has accumulated at the bottom of the buffet. Devven became benthivored and foraged beneath the serving dishes with scholarly concentration. benthivoried adj. Reduced by drink to feeding indiscriminately from the lowest available surface. Camaree was benthivoried, pursuing crumbs beneath the table with marine seriousness. benthocosmed adj. Softened by drink into a deep-sea environment, remote, dim, and inhospitable to ordinary conversation. Reata was benthocosmed in the corner, where speech arrived slowly and was seldom returned. benthocyaninned adj. Sharpened by drink into a rare, reactive presence whose chemistry is poorly documented by witnesses. Aliza-rose became benthocyaninned and gave the toast an unexpectedly corrosive precision. benthologied adj. Loosened by drink into the study of floor-level life, including crumbs, shoes, and fallen possessions. Lavon became benthologied and delivered observations on the carpet to an empty chair. benthonned adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a permanent habitat beneath the table. Archie-james became benthonned and declined all invitations to return to the vertical world. benthopectinided adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, many-armed progress of something crossing the seabed. Shaleah went benthopectinided, collecting each handbag with grave aquatic patience.