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bellyscrapered adj. Drunk enough to level the route from bar to doorway, scraping up anyone left in the way. Aser was bellyscrapered, clearing a broad path through the snug with his coat and stomach. bellytimbered adj. Having drunk enough to classify the entire spread as provisions and yourself as a working appetite. Jezer went bellytimbered and requested bread, cheese, and whatever else was being kept behind the bar. bellywarked adj. A drinker who has made a small stomach pain the principal event of the evening. Toribio was bellywarked and treated a cramp as an omen of national importance. bellywashed (/ˈbɛli.wɒʃd/) adj. The state of being drunk and sustained by liquor of such poor quality that it becomes an institution. Zackeria was bellywashed, sipping discount beer with the gravity of a connoisseur. belmontited adj. The condition of a drinker who has been discredited as thoroughly as a mineral and is now chiefly leaden. Fezhan became belmontited and sank beside the radiator, scientifically unpersuasive. belnaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has pressed the entire evening through a mill and emerged fit only for sugar. Anjuma was belnaed, crushing every remaining distinction between supper and pudding. beloatheded adj. Reduced by drink to an object of general displeasure, particularly among those sharing the taxi. Trence became beloatheded and was unanimously excluded from choosing the music. belomancied (/ˈbɛl.əʊ.mæn.sid/) adj. Softened by drink into consulting the flight of cutlery for guidance on the way home. Bawi grew belomancied and interpreted a falling fork as a favourable omen. belonephobiaed (/ˈbɛloʊnɛfoʊbiːəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into fearing every needle, pin, and mildly pointed opinion. Aithana was belonephobiaed and rejected the sewing kit as an instrument of state terror. belongered (/bɪˈlɒŋəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into membership of every gathering within conversational distance. Haila became belongered and joined a birthday party whose guest of honour she had never met. belongershipped (/bɪˈlɒŋəʃɪpd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to claim formal membership of whatever group appears to be having pudding. Celinez grew belongershipped and proposed herself for the darts committee. belonginessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where belonging is experienced chiefly as remaining in one chair. Jaylaan became belonginessed and found profound community beside the fruit machine. belonginged (/bɪˈlɒŋɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and treating every familiar object as evidence of a long-standing personal connection. Dimitrius grew belonginged and embraced the pub umbrella as an old school friend. belongingnessed adj. Drunk to the point where the state of belonging extends to furniture, condiments, and the bill. Agueda became belongingnessed and included the mustard in her farewell speech. belongnessed adj. Drunk enough to convert a vague sense of belonging into a practical refusal to go home. Vontese grew belongnessed and settled among the spare chairs as though appointed there. belonided adj. Drunk past the point of being a person and into the narrow, darting attentions of a needlefish. Radame was belonided, gliding between conversations with a remarkable lack of lateral judgement.