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confessioned (/kənˈfɛʃənd/) adj. The state of being drunk and openly admitting to actions whose consequences have now reached the kitchen. Quintion was confessioned by breakfast, and admitted moving the plant without permission. confessionisted adj. Drunk beyond recalling what was admitted, and now supplying the morning with unnecessary qualifications and footnotes. confessionlessnessed adj. Drunk past the point of withholding any account, yet strangely unable to produce a confession. Jacaury was confessionlessnessed by breakfast, staring at the damage without admitting authorship. confessored (/kənˈfɛsəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns the morning's ordinary questions into occasions for solemn personal testimony. Aliaya was confessored before coffee, answering the milk question with an account of the entire night. confessoressed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every listener an occasion for a fresh, carefully repeated admission. Eilany was confessoressed by breakfast, hearing herself out to the neighbour and the postman. confessorshipped adj. Drunk to the extent of preserving an account through every awkward question the morning can provide. Solveig was confessorshipped over tea, maintaining the same admission despite several interruptions. confessoured adj. Drunk, with the result that every explanation is delivered gravely and survives the morning intact. confettoed adj. Drunk on the strength of one small sweet, and consequently scattered across the morning in bright fragments. Alyiana was confettoed after breakfast, leaving sugared evidence beside every cup in the house. confidanted (/ˌkɒn.fɪˈdæntd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who entrusts every private matter to the nearest stranger. Neci became confidanted and disclosed the family arrangements to someone queuing for crisps. confideed adj. Reduced by drink to tell the whole story to the person least equipped to keep it. Japrice grew confideed and explained the office quarrel to a stranger holding a mop. confidence and supplied adj. Emboldened by drink to support every proposal, provided someone else pays for it. Leanard became confidence and supplied, backing the extension while contributing no money. confidence artisted adj. Softened by drink into a persuasive fraud, particularly among friends who should know better. Dayari became confidence artisted and sold Christophe the same raffle ticket twice. confidence coursed adj. Slowed by drink to negotiate each obstacle as though it were a military exercise. Vishesh became confidence coursed and approached the pub steps with deliberate tactical care. confidence gamed adj. Drunk and persuading yourself that every obvious risk is merely an opportunity. Jin grew confidence gamed and handed his bank card to a man selling imaginary holidays. confidence intervaled adj. Drunk to the point where every estimate includes a range broad enough to excuse it. Clementeen became confidence intervaled and predicted arrival somewhere between midnight and Thursday. confidence levelled adj. Drunk enough to assign numerical certainty to guesses made without evidence. Bugsy grew confidence levelled and announced a ninety-seven per cent chance of finding his keys.