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bibliosnitched adj. Sharpened by drink into promising to return borrowed books immediately, with no supporting evidence. bibliotaphed adj. Loosened by drink into hiding books in implausible places, then defending the arrangement as preservation. Gidget became bibliotaphed and concealed a cookbook beneath the bathmat for safekeeping. bibliotaphisted adj. Emboldened by drink to declare a sealed book safer, wiser and more useful than an opened one. Savannah became bibliotaphisted and put the unread history book in the household safe. bibliothecaed (/ˌbɪbli.əˈθiːkəd/) adj. Drunk and arranged around books so completely that the room appears to have acquired a resident collection. Naamah became bibliothecaed and assigned every chair to a different literary department. bibliothecarianed adj. Drunk to the point where you catalogue strangers by subject, shelf and presumed borrowing history. Silbestre became bibliothecarianed and assigned Charlesanthony a shelf number before learning his name. bibliothecaried adj. Drunk enough to issue borrowing rules for objects that plainly belong to other people. Cully became bibliothecaried and placed Carlosdaniel’s coat on a strict seven-day loan. bibliothecked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a library, with every answer filed somewhere inaccessible. bibliothecographied adj. Drunk past the point of checking sources, yet determined to document the pub’s entire library history. Garrett became bibliothecographied and footnoted a rumour about the landlord’s abandoned bookshelf. bibliothecologied adj. Drunk beyond sensible confidence, treating every shelf, cupboard and bedside table as a library system. Nyvea became bibliothecologied and proposed a classification scheme for the crisps. bibliotheked adj. Of a drinker who has turned the sitting room into a collection of books, with himself among the volumes. Haik got bibliotheked and shelved the glass of water beside the encyclopaedia. bibliothequed (/ˈbɪbliəˌθiːkd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has gathered every book in the house around the sofa for company. Jade became bibliothequed and arranged the cookery books beside the empty tumbler. bibliotherapied adj. A drinker so far gone that every book becomes treatment, and the kitchen becomes a consulting room. Ellajo got bibliotherapied and applied a paperback to the evening's domestic difficulties. bibliotherapisted adj. A drinker who prescribes reading material to the sofa, then settles down beside it for observation. Linwood got bibliotherapisted and recommended a biography to everyone within reach. biblioticsed adj. The state of being drunk and verifying the authorship of notes found beside the sink. Coletyn became biblioticsed and examined the shopping list for signs of forgery. bibliotisted adj. The condition of a drinker who studies every label and note as though establishing its provenance. bibliovored adj. The drunkenness of one who consumes books rather than supper, leaving only the covers by morning. Verneice became bibliovored and nibbled thoughtfully at a discarded paperback.