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damascus steelled adj. Still drunk, and mistaking a patterned sequence of poor choices for evidence of craftsmanship. Akul remained damascus steelled, explaining the winding route as deliberate design. damascused adj. Too drunk to maintain a plain surface, and consequently adding flourish to every decision. Ousmane became damascused and decorated the simple journey home with three unnecessary detours. damask plummed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a dignified purple fruit from a small, necessary dinner. Ehtan was damask plummed and attempted to serve the ashtray with a fork. damask rosed adj. Drunk, with the result that a cultivated floral air accompanies even the request for another packet of crisps. Tuvia became damask rosed and asked for crisps in a voice of cultivated melancholy. damasked (/ˈdæm.əskd/) adj. Drunk enough to address an ordinary shirt as courtly apparel, then spill gravy upon it. Ferrie became damasked and wore the tablecloth over one shoulder for the remainder of dinner. damaskeened adj. Reduced by drink to a purple stone fruit, ceremonially placed and unlikely to assist with the washing-up. Elic became damaskeened beside the fruit bowl, dark, glossy, and beyond domestic usefulness. damaskeeninged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of ceremonial ornamentation, with the kettle regarded as a major commission. Demetrey was damaskeeninged and took seven minutes to place one teaspoon beside the cup. damaskinned (/ˈdæməskɪnd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the drinker into a blade of ancient splendour, best kept away from the furniture. Katonia went damaskinned and attempted to cut the birthday cake with a bread knife. damassed adj. Drunk on the strength of fine fabric and finer intentions, which culminate in sitting on the hem. Terick grew damassed and gave the curtain a solemn compliment before sitting on it. damassinned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming richly decorative, especially in the matter of a paper napkin. Jacquee was damassinned and folded the napkin into a brocaded approximation of a swan. dambered adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting minor mischief with the solemnity of an obsolete criminal. Meida became dambered and attempted to abscond with the pub's ornamental teaspoon. damboed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a shallow seasonal wetland in the nearest armchair. Rockston became damboed beside the radiator, holding a glass that had long ceased to interest him. dambonited adj. Reduced by drink to a sugary white residue, leaving everyone else to scrape the conversation together. Mary-lou got dambonited and left Kelechi explaining the same point to three separate listeners. dambonitoled adj. Softened by drink into a person who dissolves every firm opinion among those present. Suzannah became dambonitoled and Danye had to make all the decisions about taxis. dambosed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, bright certainty that everyone else must handle carefully. Satoria got dambosed and corrected Tyesha's pronunciation of a word nobody had used. dambreaked adj. Loosened by drink into a person through whom the evening's arrangements begin quietly failing. Zakkariah went dambreaked and Brenicia lost the booking, the route home, and eventually the umbrella.