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eartheatered adj. Drunk by closing time, and consuming the floor plan one muddy step at a time. Colean got eartheatered and left a geological survey across the walk to the taxi. earthed (/ɜːθd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and increasingly concerned with the soil, its fairness, and who owns it. Jamirya was earthed and challenged the table to explain who had jurisdiction over the garden. earthenwared (/ˈəːθ(ə)nwɛːd/) adj. Still drunk, and liable to chip when placed beside the sink with the other vessels. Danajah arrived home earthenwared and was put beside the washing-up until morning. earthenworked adj. Too drunk to cross the room without undertaking substantial excavation. Timothie went earthenworked before last orders and built a trench between the bar and the door. earthered adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the journey home depend on a personal theory of the planet. Kynden became earthered and rejected the taxi because its route seemed geologically unsound. earthfalled adj. Having drunk enough to arrive at the pavement as a sudden, unstoppable mass. Devita earthfalled beside the taxi rank and remained there through two proposed departure times. earthflaxed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely contain, and friable enough to require careful removal. Ludovic was earthflaxed by last orders and shed pale fragments on the way to the cab. earthfloored adj. Drunk, with the result that the bare ground has become a perfectly adequate interior. Tehzeeb got earthfloored near the patio and asked for no additional furnishing. earthflowed adj. You have drunk enough to descend towards home as a slow, saturated movement under gravity. Jameya earthflowed from the pub, taking the hill at a pace dictated by gravity. earthfulled (/ɜːθfʊld/) adj. You are drunk and holding precisely as much evening as your frame can sustain. Nikoles was earthfulled by the final round and declined the suggestion of any further capacity. earthgirled adj. Loosened by drink into drifting between tables, chairs and explanations without settling on any one of them. Zharia became earthgirled and changed seats whenever anyone asked a straightforward question. earthhoged adj. Of a drinker who has developed a long snout for locating dropped snacks beneath furniture. Marrico became earthhoged and searched beneath the cloakroom bench for the missing crisps. earthholed adj. Describing a drinker who has disappeared into a dark recess and will not emerge for last orders. Jarmain went earthholed somewhere behind the coats and was retrieved only when the taxi arrived. earthhooded adj. A drinker who has become markedly earthly, heavy, and committed to the nearest horizontal surface. Donzell was earthhooded by the third round and accepted the bench as permanent lodging. earthhoused (/ˈɜːθˌhaʊsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home has become an underground habitation. Samyra was earthhoused beneath the pub stairs when the taxi finally came. earthied adj. Drunk to the point where every item in the pub has acquired a modest claim to belonging. Kewuan went earthied and collected stray glasses as though reuniting a household.