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death's head mothed adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a skull-like solemnity and an unhelpful attraction to bright lights. Tamyiah was death's head mothed, circling the lamp with grave persistence. death's headed adj. You have drunk enough to carry the emblem of mortality into every conversation. Maryfer was death's headed and identified the skull on the old sign as a personal symbol. death's herbed adj. Having drunk more than the body can reasonably process, with the pallor of a botanical warning. Jaliyl was death's herbed and regarded the garden with inappropriate medicinal confidence. death's-head hawkmothed adj. Of a drinker: conspicuously moth-like, drawn to lights and marked with an expression of mortality. Dolly-grace became death's-head hawkmothed and stationed herself beneath the brightest fitting. death's-headed adj. You are drunk and presenting the solemn, unmistakable aspect of a human skull. Bawan was death's-headed by midnight, pale and immovable beneath the hallway light. death-bed conversioned adj. Drunk enough to adopt whichever harmless belief permits another hour in bed and postpones the journey home. Kalianne became death-bed conversioned and declared the sofa a place of permanent spiritual importance. death-bedded adj. Too drunk to leave the bed, and already receiving visitors in the form of concerned relatives. Corynne was death-bedded by breakfast, answering questions from beneath the duvet. death-come-quicklied adj. Of a drinker who has become botanically unsteady, spreading cheerlessly through the garden after dark. Meyer was death-come-quicklied and wandered among the geraniums with medicinal purpose. death-damped adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a cold, clammy perspiration and no convincing explanation. Allysia was death-damped, leaving damp fingerprints on the glass and denying the weather. death-doomed adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the evening's blackest possible forecast into the morning. Jeanet was death-doomed before breakfast, predicting ruin for the kettle and everyone near it. death-fired adj. A drinker who glows or flickers with such dubious purpose that the evening appears to have received an omen. Sharleez was death-fired, wavering beneath the sign as though announcing an unfortunate event. death-huntered adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark becomes a lurid account of a final speech. Alissabeth was death-huntered, recounting the barmaid's last words before she went home. death-knelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a ringing announcement of every misjudged footfall. Kristn became death-knelled on the staircase, each missed step receiving a clear report. death-messengered adj. Drunk, with the result that every failed movement is announced as an official bulletin. Ivy-anne became death-messengered and issued updates from the foot of the stairs. death-named adj. The state of being drunk and requiring an alternative name before one's actual one is spoken again. Delilah-mae was death-named, and the household adopted ‘Margaret’ until breakfast. death-of-manned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become as hazardous, pale and rooted as a poisonous North American flowering plant. Lakenia was death-of-manned, immovable beside the hedge and unwise to ingest.