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ebikered adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, but still committed to electric-looking journeys indoors. Caryann arrived ebikered and negotiated the hallway as though it had traffic lights. ebioscienced adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to operate the body's circuitry through the internet. Karyme got ebioscienced and searched online for instructions on walking downstairs. ebiratided adj. The condition of a drinker who has placed all executive control in the upper storey. Alexica was ebiratided, issuing firm instructions from the top of the stairs to her feet. ebited adj. The drunkenness of one who has entangled every small decision with every other. Tyrome was ebited, unable to lift one foot without reconsidering the whole staircase. ebked adj. Of a drinker who has opened the wrong book for the journey home and cannot find the way out. Maxximus sat ebked on the night bus, scrolling through pages instead of checking its destination. eblaninned adj. Reduced by drink to a yellowish, slow-moving presence whose coordination has faded at the edges. Chandel was eblaninned, standing under the hall light and missing the first step. ebolaed adj. You are drunk and spreading your uncertainty across every available handrail. Taaliah was ebolaed, transferring herself between walls and furniture with care. ebolavirused adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose feverish movements become contagious across the dance floor. Ellese was ebolavirused, and three people began swaying merely by standing nearby. ebonicsed (/iˈbɑnɪksd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned speech into a private system of sounds and revisions. Deannie was ebonicsed, giving the taxi driver directions in an entirely personal grammar. ebonied (/ˈɛb.ən.id/) adj. You have drunk enough to become dense, dark, and chiefly useful as a landmark on the way home. Mechella stood ebonied beneath the streetlamp while the others found the taxi. ebonisted adj. Too drunk to leave a chair, but still attempting the fine joinery of two bar stools. Shamar became ebonisted while fastening his scarf to the coat rack. ebonited (/ˈɛb.əˌnaɪtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to have acquired a hard black surface and resisted every suggestion of going home. Vally stood ebonited beside the taxi, impervious to three polite invitations inside. ebonizationed adj. Having drunk enough to turn progressively black with fatigue, as the evening removes all remaining gloss. Deadria arrived home ebonizationed, still wearing the pub's spare scarf. ebonned (/ˈɛbənd/) adj. Still drunk, and mistaking every dark coat at last orders for a tree worth leaning against. Brace remained by the coat stand, ebonned, until someone fetched his actual coat. ebontreed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and now providing something solid for others to lean against. Jamillah was ebontreed beside the taxi rank, steadying two coats and herself. ebony bugged adj. You are drunk and creeping along the wall, black-coated, towards the nearest available exit. Jorene went ebony bugged past the bar, avoiding the bright route to the toilets.