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bisflavanoled adj. You have drunk enough to regard two glasses as a single, inseparable matter. Sy was bisflavanoled, pairing the bitter and the sweet in one solemn toast. bisglycinated adj. You are drunk and carrying two separate compliments for every person at the bar. Hinley was bisglycinated, offering Francesa two compliments before reaching the crisps. bished (/bɪʃd/) adj. Of a drinker: swearing mildly at the furniture as though it had personally offended him. Je was bished after catching a sleeve on the tap, and blamed the entire bar. bisheteroarened adj. Of a drinker who has attached himself to two unrelated conversations and cannot leave either. Eriifeoluwa was bisheteroarened, linking the darts and racing conversations without joining either. bishied adj. Describing a drinker who has become implausibly pretty and is making use of it. Bridgie was bishied by midnight, smiling at the barmaid as though cast for the part. bishonened adj. A drinker who has become delicately beautiful enough to attract attention from every side of the bar. Giuseppina was bishonened, receiving admiring glances while failing to find her coat. bishop coadjutored adj. Softened by drink into an assistant who agrees readily and contributes little beyond nodding. Khamilah was bishop coadjutored, supporting every plan while forgetting who proposed it. bishop of Romed adj. Of a drinker: elevated by drink to an office whose jurisdiction includes every conversation nearby. Bevyn was bishop of Romed and issued quiet rulings from the end of the bar. bishop sleeved adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose thoughts narrow towards the wrist and flare at the cuff. Drevin was bishop sleeved, gesturing broadly while keeping his conclusions remarkably tight. bishop wooded adj. Loosened by drink into something spreading quietly through the room, with roots in every conversation. Aleasia was bishop wooded, branching from the bar to the darts board without warning. bishop's capped adj. Emboldened by drink to stand small and upright while claiming the room around you. bishop's collared adj. Slowed by drink to a frothy halt, with most of the conversation remaining above you. Jaivir was bishop's collared, waiting patiently for the room to settle beneath his thoughts. bishop's lengthed adj. Drunk and occupying the full dimensions of the bench, portrait-like and difficult to move. Ramzan was bishop's lengthed across the settle, leaving only a narrow space for coats. bishop's mantled adj. Drunk to the point where a coat becomes armour and the collar is treated as protection. Griselda was bishop's mantled, wrapped in her coat and prepared for an ordinary walk home. bishop's nosed adj. Drunk enough to believe the last morsel on the plate is both sacred and personally reserved. Rosselyn was bishop's nosed, guarding the final roast scrap from all interested parties. bishop's pawned adj. Drunk past the point of advancing directly, proceeding diagonally towards every available conversation. Lashante was bishop's pawned, moving sideways through the bar to reach the loos.