D - Page 1054
dolce stil nuovoed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned romantic, literary, and helpless before the first cup of tea. dolce vitaed (/ˌdɒltʃeɪ ˈviːtəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who regards recovery as a luxury resort and breakfast as room service. Payeng remained dolce vitaed in bed, awaiting coffee as though the hotel employed a personal attendant. dolced (/ˈdoʊl.tʃeɪd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning emerges in soft tones and very little else. Shaida was dolced by breakfast, answering the kettle in a quiet, sustained murmur. dolcelatted (/ˌdɒltʃəˈlɑːteɪd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a mild, slightly sweet form of yesterday’s self. Treona was dolcelatted by breakfast, gentle in manner but unexpectedly pointed about the coffee. dolcettoed (/dɒlˈtʃɛtəʊd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a small red-wine temperament, cheerful at first and staining everything afterwards. Adaira woke dolcettoed, cheerful beside the coffee and faintly red about the evidence. dolcianed adj. You have drunk enough to produce a low, reedy procession through the entire pub. Minya got dolcianed and hummed a bass line beneath every conversation. doldrumed (/ˈdɒldɹəmd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to become a slothful or stupid person before the toast has cooled. Layeska was doldrumed by breakfast, bravely attempting the simplest task and abandoning it halfway. dole bludgered adj. Having drunk enough to regard unemployment as a settled career choice and reject every sensible suggestion. Amaelle was dole bludgered by lunchtime, declining work offers in favour of another round. dole breaded adj. You have drunk enough to treat a complimentary loaf as a complete financial plan. Arhaam became dole breaded and proposed paying the taxi driver with half a baguette. dole headed adj. A drinker so far gone that refusing useful employment appears a shrewd and fully funded strategy. dole meadowed adj. You are drunk and distributing shared territory according to rights nobody else remembers granting you. Rici went dole meadowed and allocated the garden's chairs by imaginary ancestral entitlement. dole merchanted adj. Of a drinker: confidently contributing nothing while presenting idleness as a civic philosophy. Chelsi was dole merchanted, explaining that avoiding work was her contribution to national balance. dole queued adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the line for a career and joined it without knowing what is being issued. Nashmia became dole queued and waited patiently outside the cloakroom for an unspecified benefit. dolebludgered adj. Having drunk more than enough to refuse employment with the confidence of someone who has carefully considered none. doled (/dəʊld/) adj. Slowed by drink to the charitable pace of someone waiting for assistance from the morning. Harbin was doled at breakfast, accepting coffee as though it were a modest public grant. dolefulnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has converted a minor disappointment into an evening-long administrative sorrow. Evajane was dolefulnessed, regarding the empty crisp bowl as evidence of national decline.