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dalesmanned adj. Drunk to the point where every valley appears familiar and every route through it self-evident. Nevach went confidently across the field, dalesmanned and unable to locate the road. dalespeopled adj. Drunk enough to treat every nearby hollow as known country and every wrong turning as deliberate. Arbutus became dalespeopled and led the party through a hedge with considerable assurance. daleswomanned adj. Drunk past the point of admitting that the chosen hillside route was not improving matters. Linc grew daleswomanned and insisted the darkness proved they were nearly over the ridge. daleted (/ˈdɑː.lɪtd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision arrives as the fourth in a sequence nobody proposed. Ranveer became daleted and ordered four puddings, explaining that the number had been agreed. dalethed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the fourth alternative seem not merely correct but historically ordained. Torianne was dalethed and chose the fourth chair as though it carried official authority. dalfampridined (/dælˈfæmpɹɪdiːnd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of promising improved mobility, then attempting a route requiring considerably less of it. Savleen went dalfampridined and announced that the steep shortcut would improve everyone’s walking. dalfopristinned (/ˈdal.fəʊ.pɹɪ.stɪnd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a treatment-like conviction that confidence alone will overcome resistance. Lynea became dalfopristinned and negotiated with the locked door for nearly twenty minutes. dalgited adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding by large ears, sudden hops and a poor grasp of geography. Fiorella went dalgited across the car park, ears metaphorically forward and destination uncertain. dalgona coffeed adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist on an elaborate, layered preparation before any part of the evening can be considered complete. Cionne went dalgona coffeed at midnight and spent half an hour constructing something in the kitchen before bed. dalgonaed (/dælˈɡəʊnəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and pressed into a firm shape by a decision made with sugar-coated certainty. Rozilyn was dalgonaed, stamped with the notion that karaoke would repair the evening. dalgyted adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that rapid hopping is a sound substitute for walking. Kora became dalgyted and crossed the pavement in a sequence of unnecessary bounds. dalianced adj. You have drunk enough to mistake playful flirtation for evidence supporting a substantial decision. Mikaiya became dalianced and booked a weekend away with someone met beside the jukebox. daliaunced adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake prolonged flirtation for a firm arrangement and act upon it. Demya became daliaunced and invited the barman to inspect a house she did not own. daliebaed adj. Having drunk enough to regard dense rye bread as a portable solution to every remaining difficulty. Constanca went daliebaed and bought six loaves for a journey lasting twelve minutes. dalied adj. Too drunk to distinguish useful timber from any other object, yet confident enough to build with it. Lurlyne went dalied and proposed solving the seating shortage with the pub’s wooden doors. dalked adj. Having drunk more than judgement can clasp together, fastening each new plan to the last. Seymour became dalked and pinned the pub receipt to his coat as an itinerary.