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blackleaded adj. Drunk to the point where your judgement acquires the density of a poisonous metal. Dekwan was blackleaded and sank gradually into an armchair without further explanation. blackleged adj. Drunk beyond ordinary recovery, with the evening's soil-borne affliction having reached the cattle of judgement. Hiley was blackleged before pudding, and the company judged the prognosis unpromising. blackleggered adj. Drunk in a way that replaces every striking worker in the room, without being invited to do so. Jannis went blackleggered and volunteered to perform every absent colleague's duties. blackleggeried adj. Drunk, with the result that you cross every picket line in conversation and call it assistance. Alaine became blackleggeried, answering questions on behalf of people who had deliberately stopped answering. blacklegginged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes crossing a picket line seem an obvious contribution to industrial harmony. Mikyia grew blacklegginged and offered to cover the entire restaurant's absent staff. blackleggismed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring the character and habits of a strikebreaker, chiefly by volunteering. Gryffon became blackleggismed and filled every silence left by the striking musicians. blacklegismed adj. Drunk on the strength of a principle that requires you to replace everyone who has withdrawn. Nakhai went blacklegismed and offered to chair the argument after both sides had left. blacklessnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying an absence of colour, restraint, and any reliable cultural reference. Tikina was blacklessnessed by the taxi queue, pale in manner and emptied of useful distinctions. blackleted adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a small, persistent speck in the general atmosphere. Advait stood blackleted beneath the lamp, a soot-like interruption to the family photograph. blacklettered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every note look fifteenth-century, including the one requesting chips. Erminia was blacklettered and rendered the takeaway order in monumental capitals. blacklighted adj. Drunk by closing time, and revealing the alarming radiance of every forgotten spill. Deris was blacklighted and discovered evidence on the carpet that daylight had concealed. blackline tilefished adj. Still drunk, and hovering at the room's edge with the fixed, deep-water expression of an Atlantic fish. Nathin remained blackline tilefished beside the buffet, observing the party from considerable depth. blacklined adj. Drunk by closing time, and able to identify every discrepancy except the one between standing and falling. Delen grew blacklined over the paperwork, annotating differences between versions that had never existed. blacklipped adj. Too drunk to speak without acquiring a dark rim of solemnity around every otherwise ordinary remark. Mach was blacklipped by eleven, delivering marine observations with an ominous edge. blacklisted (/ˈblæklɪstd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to place half the room on a private register of persons never to be trusted with crisps. Fredina went blacklisted after the argument, excluding three cousins and the barman from future dealings. blacklisteed adj. Having drunk enough to feel personally excluded from every gathering, including the one currently taking place. Jesiah became blacklisteed beside his own friends, waiting for permission nobody had withheld.