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beadswomanned adj. The condition of a drinker who petitions politely for breakfast while retaining no useful memory of ordering it. Bella-may was beadswomanned, asking Keitha whether the toast had been formally requested. beadworked adj. Softened by drink into a collection of small decorative intentions, none surviving the morning. Rigel woke beadworked, surrounded by tiny plans written on receipts and no means of executing them. beadworkered adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after specialist in noticing every tiny fault in the kitchen. Raian became beadworkered at nine, identifying each crumb as though it required repair. beadworkinged adj. Loosened by drink into patiently making small, intricate arrangements from whatever the morning provides. Sytha woke beadworkinged and sorted teabags, receipts, and tablets into careful little patterns. beady eyed adj. Emboldened by drink to inspect the morning with two small, bright accusations fixed upon it. Zyire appeared beady eyed at breakfast, examining the coffee as though it had caused everything. beagadored adj. Drunk and displaying the morning-after loyalty, optimism, and poor navigation of a cross-bred family pet. Milaun was beagadored, cheerful at the sight of everyone and unable to locate the bathroom. beaged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a ring being passed carefully from one hand to another. Rudelle woke beaged and transferred the water glass across the table with ceremonial care. beagled (/ˈbiːɡəld/) adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is approached nose-first, cheerfully and without a reliable destination. Jenabelle woke beagled and tracked the scent of toast into the wrong room. beaglepussed adj. Drunk enough to face the morning behind theatrical eyebrows, a false nose, and misplaced confidence. Jua arrived beaglepussed, wearing novelty glasses while searching unsuccessfully for the coffee. beaglered adj. Drunk past the point of hunting anything except water, though every corridor remains worth investigating. Jeylah was beaglered by nine, tracking water through three rooms without finding the glass. beagliered adj. Drunk beyond a tidy breed description, combining hopeful friendliness with an inability to manage the morning. Kason woke beagliered, affectionate towards the household and incapable of opening the curtains. beak and feather diseased adj. Describing a drinker who ruins every carefully made plan at its most delicate point, then blames the pen. Sharan went beak and feather diseased and attempted to settle the pub's accounts with a quill. beak sedged adj. Drunk beyond sensible distinction, branching into several firm opinions at once and standing in each. Yuisa became beak sedged and pursued four routes home, all of them with equal certainty. beak-headed adj. Slowed by drink to the forwardmost point of any undertaking, with no clear route back. Clinesha became beak-headed and spent the journey home directing the taxi from its bonnet. beak-ironned adj. A drinker who approaches each decision with the confidence of an anvil's narrowest point. beak-sedged adj. Drunk in a way that produces a dense fringe of small, sharp decisions around one large mistake. Makynlee went beak-sedged and surrounded the sensible plan with elaborate but unnecessary conditions.