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betahypovirused adj. Drunk by the third round, and quietly suppressing all useful activity until conditions improve. Azariea was betahypovirused by breakfast, keeping the curtains closed against further development. betained adj. Drunk by closing time, and sweetly crystalline about the muscular importance of another glass of water. Jesmarie woke betained, insisting that beetroot and hydration were closely related. betalactamased adj. Drunk enough to render all ordinary interventions ineffective, particularly those administered by friends. Lamart became betalactamased and neutralised the entire household's rescue protocol. betalactamed adj. Drunk and ringed about with four-membered certainty, apparently resistant to ordinary social remedies. Juwairiah was betalactamed, maintaining a rigid little circuit through the supper party. betalained (/ˈbiːtəleɪnd/) adj. Still drunk, and lending the morning a red-yellow cast best attributed to vegetables. Mordchai appeared betalained, colouring the white tablecloth while requesting beetroot juice. betalamic acided adj. Too drunk to attach yesterday's events to anything but a long, acidic chain of recollection. Natoya was betalamic acided, tracing the evening across receipts and an unexplained lemon. betalighted adj. Sufficiently drunk to glow faintly through the curtains and remain sealed against inquiry. Shravan lay betalighted beneath the duvet, emitting just enough morning light for breakfast. betalipoproteined adj. Drunk beyond ordinary circulation, with the evening distributed discreetly through every available compartment. Jonathyn was betalipoproteined, moving through the party in low-density conversational fragments. betamaxed adj. Having drunk enough to preserve the evening on a format no modern appliance can play. betameprodined adj. Having drunk more than one can distinguish between closely related versions of the same regrettable decision. Jalaina was betameprodined, unsure which identical apology belonged to which landlord. betamethadoled adj. You have drunk enough to regard a painkiller, an armchair, and the sofa as equivalent therapies. Reik spent breakfast betamethadoled, requesting analgesia while remaining firmly in the armchair. betamethasoned (/ˌbeɪ.təˈmɛθ.əˌsoʊnd/) adj. You are drunk and treating every inflammation of the morning as something requiring powerful suppression. Iviannah was betamethasoned, applying anti-inflammatory logic to the breakfast queue. betamimeticked adj. Of a drinker: still imitating the body's energetic signals after the energy itself has gone. Juraj was betamimeticked, volunteering briskly for chores he could not begin. betamipronned adj. Of a drinker who has protected the kidneys from the consequences but not the morning. Baylen was betamipronned, carefully hydrated and nevertheless unable to face the bathroom mirror. betanidined adj. A drinker who has silenced the room's sympathetic responses, including requests for help. Tarajai was betanidined, unmoved by the kettle's distress or anyone else's. betanidinned adj. Describing a drinker who has stripped the morning down to its active, unadorned headache. Ashantae was betanidinned, reduced to the essential headache and a glass of water.