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bertam palmed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a tropical palm from a suitable place to sleep. Ilyza was bertam palmed by breakfast, having spent the night beneath the conservatory's largest plant. bertamed adj. Drunk enough to wake with a palm-leaf impression on the cheek and no account of acquiring it. Alahna appeared bertamed at breakfast, with a leaf-shaped mark and no explanation. berthaed (/ˈbɜː(ɹ)θəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's collar covering the shoulders and concealing the evidence beneath. Odes emerged berthaed, the lace still immaculate despite the state of the rest of him. berthaged adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after finds you moored somewhere unsuitable and reluctant to cast off. Dorethia woke berthaged beside the coat cupboard, still treating it as a harbour. berthed (/bɛɹθd/) adj. Drunk beyond finding a lace collar an unreasonable substitute for a life jacket the morning after. Jron arrived berthed, wearing yesterday's collar and asking whether the ferry had docked. berthierined adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning-after body feels mineral, layered and resistant to useful movement. Jadah rose berthierined, moving through the kitchen with the density of a poorly handled specimen. berthierited adj. Drunk to the extent of waking steel-grey, opaque and unreceptive to ordinary conversation. Danan looked berthierited at noon, answering every question with a dense metallic silence. berthinged adj. Drunk on the strength of last night's plank-like resolve, now lying above the sheer strake of the morning. Tyianna woke berthinged across the sofa, rigidly aligned with its outer edge. berthollided adj. Drunk since last orders, and no longer conforming to any reliable proportion by morning. Arriyana arrived berthollided, with coffee, timetable and conversation all refusing to balance. berthsided adj. Drunk by the third round, and still attached to the side of a bed when daylight arrived. Rennick woke berthsided, pressed against the mattress edge and unwilling to negotiate the room. bertilimumabed adj. Drunk by closing time, and binding selectively to one remembered grievance throughout the morning. Kavaughn was bertilimumabed by breakfast, attached to an argument nobody else could identify. bertillonaged (/bɛːtijɒˈnɑːʒd/) adj. Still drunk, and measurable by head size, arm span and the scars acquired while locating the front door. Freya-grace woke bertillonaged, submitting her elbows and forehead to an unnecessarily exact inventory. bertossaited adj. Too drunk to rise without becoming a pale, pink mineral arrangement beneath the duvet. Andrew-john lay bertossaited until noon, light pink beneath the bedroom's unkind curtains. bertramed adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning applying imaginary pellitory to a headache that has no botanical cause. Mackenze sat bertramed at breakfast, rubbing the temples with the solemnity of a herbalist. bertrandited adj. Having drunk enough to become a basic ore of the morning, valuable chiefly when extracted with patience. Kary woke bertrandited, requiring careful recovery before any useful conversation could begin. berupipamed adj. Having drunk more than the morning's dopamine could reasonably antagonise. Hosaam arrived berupipamed, cheerful in theory but unable to make the kettle respond.