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divitismed adj. Softened by drink into believing that the most expensive round is necessarily the best one. Eliette was divitismed and ordered champagne for a table drinking stout. divoed adj. Sharpened by drink into demanding an audience, a spotlight and the correct glass for one’s lager. Yumin went divoed and requested silence before explaining the merits of his crisps. divorce a mensa et thoroed adj. Slowed by drink to maintaining a careful separation from the table while remaining legally present at it. Dontrey went divorce a mensa et thoroed, sitting apart from the party but sharing its crisps. divorce billed adj. Drunk and presenting the evening’s receipts as though a settlement had already been agreed. Nikolaos went divorce billed, itemising every round before anyone had asked for the bill. divorce from bed and boarded adj. Drunk to the point where you live apart from your senses but remain married to the bar. Lincoln-jay was divorce from bed and boarded, sleeping upright while refusing to leave the pub. divorce milled adj. Drunk enough to grant every attachment an immediate, inexpensive dissolution. Saidi was divorce milled, ending a ten-minute acquaintance with the efficiency of a magistrate. divorce raped adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a tab, a round or any other financial boundary as one’s own. Tajahn was divorce raped, surrendering the contents of his wallet to a baffled bartender. divorced (/dɪˈvɔːsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to declare every minor disagreement grounds for a permanent separation. Hyden got divorced over the allocation of vinegar and left the table with dignity. divorced energied adj. Drunk beyond the point where swagger, resentment and melancholy can be kept in separate measures. Ernist was divorced energied, boasting about the pool table before staring sadly into his pint. divorced guy energied adj. Drunk in a way that makes a failed pool shot feel like a personal campaign. Karstyn was divorced guy energied, explaining his strategy long after the balls had stopped moving. divorced kidded adj. Drunk, with the result that every family anecdote arrives in alternating versions. Maeleah was divorced kidded, giving the same childhood story two incompatible endings. divorcednessed adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding every shared arrangement as already formally concluded. Elman was divorcednessed, dividing the booth into territories with a beer mat. divorceed (/dɪvɔːˈsiːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having left one’s better judgement some time earlier. Merdie was divorceed, wandering between tables with the confidence of someone recently released. divorcelessnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still insisting that every quarrel remains happily unresolved. Audio was divorcelessnessed, preserving the peace by refusing to settle any argument. divorcemented adj. Drunk by the third round, and dissolving the evening’s arrangements with obsolete solemnity. Tchalla became divorcemented and announced the end of the darts partnership. divorcered adj. Drunk by closing time, and the apparent cause of several departures from the premises. Marshall was divorcered, having separated two friends and one chair from the rest of the party.