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devil dancered adj. Describing a drinker who performs an elaborate moral spectacle for the benefit of nobody present. Bloneva was devil dancered, circling the umbrella stand with ceremonial conviction. devil dancinged adj. A drinker who treats a plainly bad idea as a lively piece of ritual. Devonie was devil dancinged and proposed crossing the river on a bar stool.
devil devilled adj. A drinker so far gone that an ordinary dispute acquires the solemnity of an ancestral spirit. Kashif became devil devilled over the ownership of a single breadstick. devil dodgered adj. The state of being drunk and seeking clerical guidance for a problem involving only a missing shoe. Lawaun was devil dodgered and requested a chaplain for the matter of his left boot. devil dogged adj. The condition of a drinker who advances with marine resolve towards the wrong doorway. Ameela was devil dogged and secured the disabled entrance with admirable determination. devil facial tumor diseased adj. Reduced by drink to a solemn face, a poor diagnosis, and considerable concern about an otherwise harmless blemish. Shundrika was devil facial tumor diseased and studied a freckle beneath the bathroom light. devil frogged adj. Softened by drink into a vast, ancient amphibian presence beside the conservatory heater. Aniella became devil frogged and settled beside the radiator with prehistoric dignity. devil grassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a low, persistent spread across every available patch of conversation. Getruda got devil grassed and colonised the discussion before anyone could change its subject. devil in disguised adj. Emboldened by drink to present a damaging impulse as a respectable suggestion about pudding. Cleotha got devil in disguised and proposed trifle as a solution to the parking dispute. devil in musicked adj. Slowed by drink to hear a tritone in every disagreement, including the choice of crisps. Jenesia became devil in musicked and found the crisp aisle harmonically unsettling. devil rayed adj. Drunk and gliding through the room with the broad, placid confidence of a manta ray. Neddy got devil rayed and swept across the dance floor without troubling to bend his knees. devil screechered adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at swift departure becomes an audible event. Amanita got devil screechered and left the pub with considerable speed and unnecessary noise. devil signed adj. You have drunk enough to hold two fingers aloft at everyone who objects. Roxi got devil signed and offered the gesture whenever anyone suggested going home. devil smoked adj. You are drunk and treating every pause in conversation as an opportunity to mention an expensive vice. Lisvette got devil smoked and made the entire taxi rank hear about her private arrangements. devil sticked adj. Of a drinker: keeping several companions occupied while attempting to balance one long object between two others. Taritha was devil sticked, and Briette retrieved the baton from beneath three chairs.
devil stripped adj. Of a drinker who has occupied the narrow green margin between sociability and the traffic outside. Netanya went devil stripped and held court beside the kerb until closing time.