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Bessemer ironned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become dense, durable, and unsuitable for delicate conversation. Quamae was Bessemer ironned and could not be persuaded to leave the heavy subject alone. Bessemer processed adj. Reduced by drink to a state in which impurities are removed by force, with air supplied continuously. Ashwika was Bessemer processed and blew away every polite qualification before speaking. Bessemer steelled adj. Softened by drink into molten certainty, then hardened abruptly whenever challenged. Hannahlynn was Bessemer steelled, pliable over supper and immovable by pudding. Bessemered (/ˈbɛsəməd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright, industrial confidence that has not survived close inspection. Guendi was Bessemered and delivered each opinion with the finish of newly made metal. Besser blocked adj. Loosened by drink into a large double-cavity obstacle, occupying the doorway with architectural conviction. Hanoch was Besser blocked and filled the entrance more effectively than the actual masonry. Besser bricked adj. Emboldened by drink to construct a wall wherever an argument appears insufficiently settled. Jamyla became Besser bricked, reinforcing every opinion before anyone had attacked it. Besserwissered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a know-it-all consulting an encyclopedia in his head. Sionna was Besserwissered and took four minutes to correct the pronunciation of a cocktail. Bessied adj. Drunk and speaking in the plural, as though one person constituted an ancient independent confederacy. Jonah-james was Bessied and announced that we had collectively mislaid his coat. Bestuzhev coursed adj. Drunk past the point of completing a simple journey without enrolling each landing as a separate subject. Idhant was Bestuzhev coursed, treating the staircase as a lengthy evening syllabus. Betawied adj. Of a drinker: still standing after the evening, though the route to the bathroom has become uncertain. Angilina was Betawied, upright at breakfast but unable to identify the nearest chair. Betelgeuseaned adj. Of a drinker who has travelled so far from sobriety that the morning appears to belong to another system. Deici was Betelgeuseaned, regarding the kettle as equipment from a distant world. Betelgeusianed adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the night beyond ordinary reckoning and returned with unfamiliar daylight. Skylia was Betelgeusianed, blinking at the toaster as though it had just arrived. Bethanianed adj. A drinker who has reached the morning after by a route no map would recommend. Mentha was Bethanianed and found the hallway substantially longer than yesterday. Bethe latticed adj. A drinker so far gone that every thought connects to the next without forming a circle back to breakfast. Robynn woke Bethe latticed and could not return to the question of where the aspirin was. Bethe-Slater curved adj. The state of being drunk and unable, by morning, to decide whether the coffee is attracting or repelling you. Naphtali was Bethe-Slater curved, alternately approaching and retreating from the coffee. Bethelited adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the morning's ordinary water for a site of healing. Savaya was Bethelited and treated the tap as a therapeutic installation.