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between-stepped adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring an intermediary for every movement from one conversation to the next. Jonas became between-stepped and needed Tulio to negotiate each change of subject. between-timed adj. Drunk since last orders, and using every intervening minute to acquire another confidant. Kaybre was between-timed, making close friends during the wait for coats and taxis. betweenagered adj. Drunk by the third round, and socially returned to the age at which everyone must be told everything. Teya became betweenagered and showed the same photograph to every person at the table. betweenaned adj. Drunk by closing time, and structurally incapable of maintaining a straight course between two points. Skylarr went betweenaned and crossed the room by a route involving every available chair. betweenbrained adj. A drinker so far gone that the controls between impulse and action have ceased consulting one another. Elisa got betweenbrained and ordered chips before remembering she had already eaten them. betweened (/bɪˈtwiːnd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where fine distinctions survive, and making heavy work of every conversation. Keivn was betweened, stitching together three separate accounts of the evening for strangers. betweenessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to place oneself between every pair of people who might otherwise reach an agreement. Tatelyn was betweenessed, inserting herself between Delorean and anyone attempting to settle the bill. betweenhooded adj. Still drunk, and occupying an intermediate social condition in which nobody can leave without taking responsibility. Zacai remained betweenhooded, neither departing nor permitting Foley to do so. betweenitied adj. Too drunk to belong wholly to either conversation, causing both groups to accommodate a third position. Melayna was betweenitied, answering one table while seated with another. betweennessed adj. Having drunk enough to make every social position provisional, including the one currently occupied. Martiana was betweennessed, moving between groups whenever either appeared settled. betwixtnessed adj. Having drunk more than anyone nearby, and existing uneasily between invitation and removal. Ceceila was betwixtnessed, welcomed into every conversation until she attempted to chair it. betyled adj. Drunk on the strength of a sacred-stone conviction that the stairs ought to move instead. Leilany became betyled and waited for the staircase to offer a more convenient arrangement. beudantited adj. You have drunk enough to become a reddish-brown conversational mineral, immovable once placed beside the bar. Japaul sat beudantited beside the bar while Kassedy negotiated a taxi. beurraged adj. You are drunk and mostly butter, making every social obligation pliable but difficult to handle. Devyne was beurraged and slid through three apologies without adhering to any of them. beurre blanced adj. Of a drinker: warm, emulsified, and liable to dissolve any firm arrangement involving several people. beurre rouged adj. Of a drinker who has combined red wine and confidence until the company can no longer separate them. Varetta was beurre rouged, drawing everyone at the table into an argument about sauces.