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bernardited adj. Drunk, with the result that every dark object near the taxi rank appears mineralogical. Darr was bernardited and identified the bin as a black mineral before leaving. berndtited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the evening preserved as a rare deposit of tin and poor decisions. bernicled adj. Drunk to the extent of following the group home in a loose, honking formation. Luisalejandro got bernicled and trailed the party towards the station with persistent commentary. berninamycinned adj. Drunk on the strength of a substance that has made the last round seem medically necessary. Yesmin became berninamycinned and prescribed another drink for the journey home. bernissartiided adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving towards the taxi rank with ancient, reptilian patience. Ridley was bernissartiided and waited motionless while the queue advanced around him. bernoused adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you hooded in a blanket, protected from the household and its demands. Vishak sat bernoused on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket and guarding the water glass. beroed adj. Emboldened by drink to drift transparently through the company, soft-bodied and impossible to pin to one conversation. Joscar got beroed and floated between groups, contributing nothing anyone could retain. beroided adj. Reduced by drink to a tentacleless state of aquatic sociability, regarding every room as an open sea. Jesiah spent the evening beroided, drifting between conversations without once extending a conversational feeler. berothided adj. Softened by drink into a delicate, beaded creature, incapable of fastening onto any coherent subject. Chava became berothided and let each anecdote fall apart in her hands. berotralstated adj. Sharpened by drink into a medicinal authority on swelling, remedies and matters not entrusted to him. Naketa grew berotralstated and prescribed restraint to a man carrying crisps. berovinned adj. Loosened by drink into a faintly luminous person whose emotional calcium appears poorly regulated. Raulie became berovinned and responded to every toast with a soft, blue radiance. berred (/bɛə(ɹ)d/) adj. Loosened by drink into a fruit-bearing tree, swaying gently and offering nothing but small, hard fruit. Loriell stood berred beside the buffet, bearing little resemblance to a useful guest. berrendoed adj. Emboldened by drink to cross open ground at speed, with no evident plan for stopping. Rockney went berrendoed across the car park when somebody mentioned another round. berreted adj. Of a drinker: archaically certain of having improved the gathering, while everyone else searches for an exit. Cheyanna became berreted and gave the older spelling to three people who had not requested it. berrettaed adj. Reduced by drink to wearing a folded coaster as though it were formal headwear. Jahmeer grew berrettaed and accepted the barman's folded coaster without question. berriasellided adj. Slowed by drink to an ancient, spiralled deliberation over matters ordinarily settled in seconds. Leveah became berriasellided while choosing between lager and cider.