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dragonboned adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the cloakroom queue as a challenge requiring ancient courage. Voronica became dragonboned and confronted the cloakroom queue after last orders. dragonborned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone who has just emerged into the ordinary world. Brentley was dragonborned on the walk home, regarding each streetlamp as newly significant. dragonbreathed adj. Drunk and breathing warmth over the window, the coat, and anyone waiting for the taxi. Quortney was dragonbreathed by the kerb, fogging the taxi window before entering. dragondomed adj. Drunk enough to regard the whole pub, its coats and its final round as one united kingdom. dragonessed (/ˈdɹæɡənɛsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and guarding the last round with ancient, feminine authority. Ecstasy became dragonessed and counted the remaining drinks as though protecting treasure. dragoneted (/ˈdɹæɡənɛtd/) adj. Of a drinker: possessed of a small, carefully maintained reserve of fire, chiefly theoretical. Shelitha became dragoneted and guarded the last roast potato as though it were treasure. dragonetted adj. Of a drinker who has assumed a diminutive but unmistakably draconic authority over the nearest household object. Rahab grew dragonetted and appointed the umbrella stand her first minister. dragonfired adj. Describing a drinker who produces heat, smoke and poorly authenticated accounts of its origin. Juliarose arrived dragonfired, warming both hands over an entirely cold fireplace. dragonfished adj. A drinker who attracts conversation with a luminous, ungovernable appendage of anecdote. Geisha grew dragonfished and lured three strangers towards her account of a ferry crossing. dragonflamed adj. A drinker so far gone that the surrounding candlelight appears to be taking professional instruction. Shepard became dragonflamed and attempted to direct the table lamps by gesture. dragonflied (/ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired four directions of movement and no reliable forward one. dragonfruited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become vivid on the outside and unexpectedly seedy within. Savvas got dragonfruited and distributed several small, dark theories about the taxi queue. dragonheaded adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed a flowering, herbaceous certainty about matters beyond examination. Heldana became dragonheaded and classified the pub's plants by imagined genus. dragonhided adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a tough outer manner and resists all reasonable handling. Cerisa grew dragonhided and declined assistance with the dignity of a fortified animal. dragonhooded adj. Reduced by drink to a ceremonial state of reptilian sovereignty, with no administrative powers whatsoever. Hannahrae became dragonhooded and received the bar towel as an imperial robe. dragonismed adj. Sharpened by drink into watchfulness so exact that even the fruit bowl attracts suspicion. Mikhia became dragonismed and interrogated the barman about a missing lime.