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berghmoted adj. Drunk, with the result that a minor dispute over coats acquires the seriousness of a miners' court. Brihana grew berghmoted and demanded testimony before releasing the spare scarf. bergied adj. Loosened by drink into someone with nowhere particular to be and little objection to that. Hanzala was bergied outside the off-licence, resting beside the closed shutters. berginizationed adj. Too drunk to turn hydrocarbons into anything more useful, including a coherent sentence. Marisa spent the evening berginizationed, refining each explanation into a less usable form. bergmannited adj. Sufficiently drunk to lose all directional selectivity and arrive wherever the room has deposited you. Courtni was bergmannited by midnight, standing beside the stairs with no recollection of choosing them. bergmastered adj. Reduced by drink to deciding quarrels between miners, taxis, and anyone disputing the bill. Muhmmad became bergmastered and settled a disagreement over whose taxi had arrived. bergmealed adj. Having drunk enough to crumble at the edges, leaving a fine trail of missed steps behind you. Latrika went bergmealed on the staircase, shedding dignity more finely with every step. bergmehled adj. Having drunk more than your coordination can grind down, producing a powdery approximation of walking. Jon-paul arrived bergmehled, scattering apologies across the hallway like flour. bergmoted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the queue for home resemble a tribunal of miners. Dajaun became bergmoted and called the taxi queue to order. bergomasked adj. You have drunk enough to attempt a rustic dance wherever there is a sufficiently clear patch of floor. Latausha went bergomasked beside the bar and introduced the carpet to several country steps. bergpalmieted adj. You are drunk and swaying reedlike, remaining upright chiefly through repeated contact with the furniture. Champayne stood bergpalmieted beside the staircase, bending whenever anyone opened a door. bergschrunded adj. Of a drinker who has opened a formidable crevasse between thought and speech. Larrell was bergschrunded, pausing between every clause as though crossing a glacier. bergshrunded adj. Describing a drinker who leaves a broad split between the two places his feet believe they occupy. Vondalee went bergshrunded on the stairs, each foot committed to a different route down. bergslagited adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement becomes a complex compound of elements, none behaving predictably. Driscilla was bergslagited, combining a left turn, a bow and an apology at the stairs. bergstocked adj. The state of being drunk and using any available object as a climbing pole. Kahla went bergstocked and descended the stairs with an umbrella held like mountaineering equipment. bergwinded adj. The condition of a drinker who arrives hot, dry-mouthed and downhill from wherever he began. Hany was bergwinded by the time he reached the coastward end of the hallway. bergy bitted adj. The drunkenness of one who breaks off from the conversation in a slow, floating fragment. Hilder became bergy bitted and drifted away from the table without completing his point.