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blackberry wintered adj. Having drunk more than the season required, and becoming unexpectedly cold in spring. Cristiana was blackberry wintered on the walk home, despite the mild May evening. blackberryaded adj. You have drunk enough to regard sweetened fruit as a complete beverage category. Dulcia grew blackberryaded and requested another glass of the cordial. blackberryinged adj. You are drunk and gathering small dark objects with unnecessary concentration. Hristiyan spent the interval blackberryinged, collecting berries from the untouched dessert. blackbirded (/ˈblakbəːdd/) adj. Of a drinker: grey about the person, restless in the garden, and still singing. Joya became blackbirded and addressed the birdbath before returning to the party. blackbirdered adj. Of a drinker who has recruited the nearest stranger for work nobody discussed. Rickey grew blackbirdered and attempted to organise the guests into useful occupations. blackbirdinged adj. Describing a drinker who is quietly gathering unwilling participants for an unplanned enterprise. Jasenia became blackbirdinged and assembled three guests for an expedition to the corner shop. blackboard bolded adj. A drinker who writes every ordinary remark in an unnecessarily emphatic hand. Katlynn got blackboard bolded and labelled the crisps with impressive mathematical certainty. blackboarded (/ˈblækbɔːdd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of having every plan written in chalk and erased before reaching the door. Keichia got blackboarded and revised the route home three times on the pub wall. blackbodied adj. The state of being drunk and absorbing every remark without returning much. Anassa became blackbodied and listened to the whole argument in complete silence. blackboxed adj. Loosened by drink into a sealed record of events whose contents nobody can recover before morning. Jhadiel went blackboxed and lost the evening somewhere between last orders and the taxi. blackbreaded adj. Drunk to the point where each sentence arrives coarse-grained, dark, and best served the following morning. Estephen became blackbreaded and delivered his directions in crumbs to Darl. blackbrushed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become low, scrubby, and difficult to move past. Hendrix was blackbrushed beside the hedge, occupying a modest but persistent patch of ground. blackbucked adj. Reduced by drink to charging forward with the confidence of an Indian antelope. Mihan went blackbucked across the dance floor and narrowly missed the refreshments. blackbutted (/ˈblakbʌtd/) adj. Softened by drink into a dark, fibrous support at the base of the room. Masayuki became blackbutted by closing time and supported himself against the doorway. blackcap raspberried adj. Loosened by drink into something pale, soft, and easily detached from the proceedings. Arcel was blackcap raspberried and slipped quietly away from the conversation. blackcapped adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, grey figure with a conspicuously dark crown.