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ebony spleenworted adj. Of a drinker: fernlike, black-clad, and spreading quietly across the coat stand after last orders. Eos became ebony spleenworted among the coats and declined the taxi in a whisper. ebooked adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the nearest screen as bedtime literature. Damne was ebooked, asleep beside an illuminated recipe and an untouched glass. eboshied adj. Describing a drinker who has assumed ceremonial authority over the queue for coats. Markala stood eboshied by the cloakroom, adjudicating whose scarf belonged to whom. eboyed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion required, and styling the domestic aftermath as melancholy online theatre. Blessen became eboyed and stared at the kettle as though it had betrayed him. ebraried adj. A drinker who has made the coat pile into a public reference library and is consulting it for transport. Takierra went ebraried in the cloakroom, searching the coats for the route home. ebriated adj. A drinker so far gone that last orders sound like a proposal for further discussion. Marth was ebriated enough to negotiate another round with a waiter carrying coats. ebrietied (/ɪˈbɹaɪ.ɪt.id/) adj. The state of being drunk and turning every departure into a renewed round of farewells. Chizaram's ebrietied farewell lasted through last orders and the arrival of two taxis. ebriided adj. The condition of a drinker who has gathered in a small, dark group around the final round. Tihanna became ebriided near the bar, surrounded by coats and unfinished glasses. ebrilladed (/ˌeɪbɹiˈjɑːdd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who jerks sharply towards the exit whenever anyone mentions going home. Saraya grew ebrilladed when the taxi arrived and pulled back towards the bar. ebriositied adj. Reduced by drink to a habitual state of requesting one final round before attempting the journey home. Thomos was ebriositied by eleven and regarded last orders as an opening negotiation. ebrotidined adj. Softened by drink into someone who accepts the wrong coat and considers the journey home therapeutically complete. Christiene became ebrotidined and left wearing a stranger's raincoat without complaint. ebrued adj. Sharpened by drink into a marbled confusion of routes, coats, and competing plans for home. Eddythe went ebrued at last orders, combining three taxi routes into one. ebselened adj. Loosened by drink into agreeing that the last round, the coat, and the journey home are one matter. Maryclare became ebselened and handed her coat to the first person offering a taxi. ebullating bedded adj. Emboldened by drink to circulate continuously between the bar, the coats, and the taxi rank. Khan became ebullating bedded after last orders, replacing every settled plan with another. ebullating pumped adj. Slowed by drink to a careful, centrifugal progress around the coat stand, with no catalyst for departure. Arlynn moved ebullating pumped between the bar and the taxi, losing momentum at each stop. ebullienced (/ɪˈbʊl.i.ənsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a bubbling insistence that rises whenever the kettle is switched on. Lilas grew ebullienced over toast, bubbling with opinions about the kettle's proper management.