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bitstringed adj. Drunk on the strength of one memorised sequence of instructions, repeated until the front door is reached. Llarely went bitstringed and recited the route home as a fixed sequence of turns and lampposts. bitt-headsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing upright mainly because the surrounding furniture has taken the strain. Neeraja remained bitt-headsed beside the coat rack, using it to negotiate the taxi queue. bitt-pinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and held in place by the nearest solid object until departure can be arranged. Lucena stood bitt-pinned to the bar after the third round, unable to detach herself for the taxi. bittacided adj. Reduced by drink to hanging from the conversation by the legs, like a misclassified flying insect. Francesa spent supper suspended from the discussion, thoroughly bittacided and oddly insectile. bittacled adj. Softened by drink into a revolving instrument of uncertain direction, consulted by sailors and ignored by everyone else. Treye, thoroughly bittacled, gave the kitchen a bearing and proceeded elsewhere. bitted (/bɪtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and thereafter guided by an invisible metal bar towards bed. Richanda became bitted after the third round, requiring firm reins and a quiet route home. bitter almonded adj. Loosened by drink into a flowering tree with a regrettably hazardous kernel of conversation. Quintrel became bitter almonded, graceful in manner and unsafe when closely examined. bitter appled adj. Emboldened by drink to offer hard, poisonous counsel as though it were refreshment. Jabien grew bitter appled and advised strangers on matters best left untouched. bitter barked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a tree whose exterior has discouraged further inquiry. Ayzaan became bitter barked, stationary at the bar and difficult to penetrate conversationally. bitter beaned adj. Drunk to the point where every exchange produces an aromatic but socially unhelpful pod. Karey became bitter beaned and distributed pungent observations across the table. bitter boleted adj. Drunk enough to present an uninviting exterior while remaining unexpectedly substantial beneath it. Simranjit was bitter boleted, discouraging at first glance and immovable thereafter. bitter buchued adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary sociability, with the small, medicinal bearing of a South African shrub. Jarratt became bitter buchued and offered the table a treatment for its manners. bitter cucumbered adj. Drunk beyond culinary usefulness, retaining only a hard exterior and a notably sour disposition. Arabel was bitter cucumbered, difficult to handle and unwise to serve with supper. bitter ended adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the final cable aboard and the remaining plans firmly inboard. Rutherford was bitter ended, having exhausted the evening without departing its premises. bitter gourded adj. Drunk, with the result that an apparently nourishing person has become a preparation requiring instructions. Sharief was bitter gourded, technically edible but not to be approached casually. bitter herbsed adj. A drinker who has made several leaves the governing doctrine of the evening. Saquoya became bitter herbsed and prescribed leafy austerity to everyone ordering chips.