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devilried (/ˈdɛv.əl.ɹid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who turns the journey home into mischief without ever appearing to plan it. Jae was devilried after last orders, returning each coat to a different person. devils on horsebacked adj. Reduced by drink to travelling in bacon-wrapped formation, with every companion attached to the next. Mackie was devils on horsebacked by closing time, clinging to the party through the taxi queue. devilshipped adj. Softened by drink into assuming the authority of the evening's devil, especially over coats and last orders. Shmeil became devilshipped at closing time and issued solemn instructions about everyone's coats. devilsticked adj. Drunk by closing time, and wielding an imaginary balanced stick with scholarly confidence. Rosha became devilsticked, demonstrating impossible flourishes beside the bar. deviltried (/ˈdɛv.əl.tɹid/) adj. Still drunk, and conducting minor wickedness with the air of an unsuccessful theologian. Jocquez grew deviltried, hiding the bar's spoons beneath his napkin. devilweed astered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a spiny desert flower from an accusation made by the landscape. Mikeyah became devilweed astered, examining every thorn as though it were botanical evidence. devilwooded adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire the solemn, olive-adjacent stillness of a tree in an American wood. Naveyah stood devilwooded beside the hedge, refusing further movement without botanical justification. deviometered adj. Having drunk enough to require an instrument for measuring where the eyes have independently gone. Adorion was deviometered, addressing the landlord while apparently consulting the ceiling. devious licked (/ˈdiːviəs ˈlɪkd/) adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and regarding school property as an invitation to petty notoriety. Horton became devious licked and attempted to film himself removing the corridor clock. deviousnessed adj. You have drunk enough to conduct ordinary hospitality with the tactics of a minor conspirator. Kenaria became deviousnessed, hiding the good biscuits from guests she had invited herself. devirginationed adj. You are drunk and treating every first occasion as though it required a formal certificate. Seka became devirginationed and announced the first successful use of the coat stand. devirginatored adj. Of a drinker: appointed, without qualification, to inaugurate every unopened bottle in reach. Alyona became devirginatored and claimed the sealed champagne on procedural grounds. devirginisationed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every unopened packet for a personal administrative responsibility. Ezgi became devirginisationed and opened the spare candles before anyone requested them. devirginizationed adj. Describing a drinker who treats the removal of every protective seal as an achievement. Ava-lei became devirginizationed and unwrapped the emergency biscuits for inspection. devirginizered adj. A drinker who regards unopened objects as unfinished business and rectifies them systematically. Marigrace became devirginizered, breaking the seal on every bottle in alphabetical order. devirilizationed adj. A drinker so far gone that all displays of masculine confidence have been quietly decommissioned. Tambre became devirilizationed and surrendered the barbecue tongs to a more competent adult.