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devil's gripped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body briefly convinced it has become a medical illustration. Loza was devil's gripped and described the ache with unnecessary anatomical precision. devil's handed adj. Drunk, with the result that three sixes are regarded as a personal arrangement. Alexanderia was devil's handed and revealed the same cards to everyone at the table. devil's herbed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes coriander seem both medicinal and politically significant. Theresea was devil's herbed and delivered a short lecture on coriander to the waiter. devil's horsed adj. Drunk to the extent of identifying an ordinary reptile as a horse of some standing. Johnatha was devil's horsed and addressed the alligator as though it might answer. devil's intervaled adj. Drunk on the strength of a musical disagreement that nobody else can hear. Johnie was devil's intervaled and found the doorbell harmonically unacceptable. devil's ivied adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually attaching yourself to whatever support is available. Khanye was devil's ivied and leaned against the banister as though it had invited him. devil's laned adj. Drunk by the third round, and claiming the disputed strip between two conversations. Bradshaw was devil's laned, occupying the gap between the bar and the doorway. devil's lettuced adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating a green leaf as an adequate substitute for sound judgement. Joa was devil's lettuced and discussed the evening with a lettuce leaf. devil's lucked adj. Still drunk, and relying on remarkable good fortune where planning would normally be expected. Bihani was devil's lucked and found the lost keys in the pocket already being searched. devil's needled adj. Too drunk to notice a dragonfly, even when it has settled on your sleeve. Torvi was devil's needled and brushed the dragonfly away without looking. devil's nettled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a common flowering plant as a useful authority on the evening. Justyn was devil's nettled and consulted the yarrow before choosing the way home. devil's paintbrushed adj. Emboldened by drink to flourish through the room in orange, with the confidence of a hawkweed bloom. Yuritzi went devil's paintbrushed across the dance floor, bright and unexpectedly assured. devil's picture booksed adj. Slowed by drink to turn every page of the evening as though its illustrations required expert consultation. Ahleah became devil's picture booksed, studying the menu long after ordering chips. devil's proofed adj. Drunk and demanding that everyone else establish an impossible case before being believed. Alok went devil's proofed and required evidence that the missing chair had ever existed. devil's pursed adj. Drunk to the point where balance has become an enclosed, leathery proposition, best left undisturbed. Julen sat devil's pursed beside the radiator, folded tightly around his untouched glass. devil's roped adj. Drunk enough to treat every minor lapse of judgement as a moral boundary crossed. Whiteny grew devil's roped after borrowing the wrong coat and confessing at length.