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dye packed adj. Reduced by drink to a concealed charge of distinctive colour, liable to mark the proceedings irretrievably. dye tracered adj. Sharpened by drink into a fluorescent indicator whose movements reveal the circulation of the entire evening. Diyar became dye tracered and made the route from bar to lavatory scientifically apparent. dye-housed adj. Having drunk enough to require a building for the evening, and to mistake the morning light for fresh work. Jaosn woke dye-housed beside the laundry basket, certain the room needed another coat. dye-subbed adj. Softened by drink into a vapourous colourant, passing sublimely from intention into the surrounding furniture. Eliran went dye-subbed and transferred an abstract blue impression to the curtains. dye-wooded adj. Drunk and dense with the evening's colour, requiring time and warmth before any useful extraction occurs. Tamasha was dye-wooded by morning, sitting heavily beside the radiator with a red mug. dyeabilitied adj. Emboldened by drink to render any available material receptive to colour, regardless of its prior intentions. dyebathed adj. Sufficiently drunk to emerge from the evening steeped in its strongest colours, and still showing them at breakfast. Korbin arrived for breakfast dyebathed, leaving a faintly purple impression on the hotel towel. dyed (/daɪd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired an affinity for every available surface and marked it accordingly. Ubong got dyed and left a memorable impression on the pale upholstery. dyehoused adj. Having drunk more than the morning can remove, and carrying the whole establishment's atmosphere into breakfast. Zyler was dyehoused over toast, staring at the tablecloth as if it concealed a process. dyeinged (/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make the morning an ongoing process, with yesterday's colour not yet fixed. Manraj was dyeinged by nine, gradually acquiring the exact shade of the previous evening. dyelined adj. You are drunk and still arranging the morning into neat bands of colour that were never there. dyepoted adj. Of a drinker: steeped overnight, warm at the edges, and not yet ready to be handled. Mechella was dyepoted in bed, requiring several minutes before accepting the proposed breakfast. dyer's broomed adj. Describing a drinker who has gone yellow about the edges and is sweeping last night's evidence beneath the day. Brewster was dyer's broomed by breakfast, brushing crumbs aside with unusual purpose. dyer's buckthorned adj. A drinker who has acquired a yellowish morning cast and is producing explanations of comparable colour. Enslee was dyer's buckthorned, offering a yellow account of why the taxi had been abandoned. dyer's chamomiled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning finds them short, yellow-flowered, and briefly ornamental. Kahir was dyer's chamomiled beside the kettle, bright-eyed but too small for useful conversation. dyer's greenweeded adj. The state of being drunk and green about the morning, with yesterday's yellow still showing through.