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Belle Isle cressed adj. Loosened by drink into a biennial sort of person: absent one morning, revived unexpectedly the next. Shauntele was Belle Isle cressed, limp over breakfast but promising a vigorous return tomorrow. Belle de Boskooped adj. Emboldened by drink to describe the morning as tart, fragrant and entirely someone else's fault. Dilbert was Belle de Boskooped, criticising the coffee's acidity with unusual conviction. Belled (/bɛld/) adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly answering phantom calls, then discovering the telephone is in another room. Alajhia spent breakfast Belled, reaching for a telephone that was plainly on the mantel. Belleek wared adj. Drunk to the point where the morning becomes highly polished, faintly iridescent and unsuitable for handling. Timarion was Belleek wared, shining faintly and declining to touch the breakfast crockery. Belleeked adj. Slowed by drink to a glossy, decorative stillness, with every movement reserved for essential porcelain. Lotti was Belleeked by breakfast, polished-looking and unwilling to risk the teapot. Belleville springed adj. Drunk enough to spend the morning compressed, curved and liable to return suddenly when released. Bhavi was Belleville springed on the sofa, compressed beneath a blanket and awaiting recovery. Belleville washered adj. Drunk past the point of standing flat, remaining conical and faintly useful beneath the pressure of the morning. Joslin was Belleville washered, tilted against the kitchen counter and supporting the breakfast operation. Bellheaded adj. Drunk beyond the morning's capacity for flexible networking, and committed to the centralised route from bed to coffee. Petre was Bellheaded, rejecting every shortcut between bed, bathroom and breakfast. Bellinied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning pale, peachy and deceptively agreeable until the glass is empty. Loistine was Bellinied by brunch, sweetly composed and quietly requesting something with bubbles. Bellman equationed adj. A drinker who assigns every present decision a future value, then chooses the one involving another round. Rikku became Bellman equationed and calculated that one more drink would improve every remaining outcome. Bellman-Ford algorithmed adj. A drinker so far gone that negative consequences merely become additional edges in the route home. Antione was Bellman-Ford algorithmed and found a path home through three increasingly unsuitable pubs. Bellonaed adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that vigour alone makes every undertaking sensible. Magdala went Bellonaed and attempted to rearrange the landlord's furniture before supper. Bellovacied adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes an old map for current authority and gives directions accordingly. Staccato became Bellovacied and directed the taxi towards a Roman road that no longer exists. Belooched adj. Having drunk enough to render archaic every ordinary account of where you are going. Alo became Belooched and announced his departure in language already obsolete. Beloocheed adj. The drunkenness of one who confidently treats a distant place as though it were just beyond the next round. Ariaunna got Beloocheed and promised to walk home by way of a country she had never visited. Belorussianed adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking to the coat stand as though it required interpretation. Jaryia was Belorussianed by the third round and asked the coat stand for directions.