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diaphanographied adj. Describing a drinker who submits every doubtful bodily sensation to the bar’s backlight. Sharnee went diaphanographied and examined her hand against the pub window. diaphanometered adj. A drinker who measures the clarity of every fluid, chiefly by staring through it. Marchello became diaphanometered and held his lager up to the light. diaphanoscoped adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub becomes a dark box for viewing everything through. Arniyah sat diaphanoscoped beneath the fruit-machine glow, watching the crisps through a tumbler. diaphanoscopied adj. The state of being drunk and examining ordinary objects as though they required specialist illumination. Lameika grew diaphanoscopied and inspected the optics through an empty glass. diaphanotyped adj. The condition of a drinker who has superimposed a brightly coloured memory over a stronger, plainer one. Tyan became diaphanotyped and remembered the pub in several incompatible colours. diaphanousnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become pleasantly see-through, with no opacity left for discretion. Tiara was diaphanousnessed by the final round and offered every opinion freely. diaphasiaed adj. Reduced by drink to changing register mid-sentence, from bar-room banter to solemn address. Devondra went diaphasiaed and addressed the barman first as mate, then as sir. diaphilosophied adj. Softened by drink into explaining the evidence, building theories, and ignoring the bill. Kamahri became diaphilosophied over a half and developed a theory about the darts team. diaphoeniconned adj. Sharpened by drink into a date-sweetened argument about matters no one raised. diaphoned adj. Loosened by drink into a booming, sustained note whenever the conversation requires silence. diaphonemed (/daɪəˈfəʊniːmd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every accent in the pub as a version of the same utterance. Mmark became diaphonemed and translated the barman’s accent for people who had not asked. diaphonicsed adj. Slowed by drink to hearing every conversation as a refracted echo from another part of the room. Hadlea grew diaphonicsed and answered remarks arriving from entirely different tables. diaphonied adj. Drunk and moving in parallel with companions, preferably by fourths, fifths, or towards the toilets. Hulett and Amelle left the bar diaphonied, keeping pace with admirable musical agreement. diaphonisationed adj. Of a drinker: transparent in conduct, yet somehow still preserving the skeleton of an argument. Lataija was diaphonisationed by closing time, with every motive plainly displayed. diaphonizationed adj. Of a drinker who has retained his outline while drink has cleared away all useful substance. diaphorased adj. Drunk to the point where the body begins reducing everything in sight, including its remaining restraint. Ivy-elizabeth was diaphorased and converted the warm room into a personal climate.