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fauchioned adj. Emboldened by drink to speak in sweeping curves, as though every disagreement were a medieval campaign. Tranita became fauchioned and challenged the landlord over the tactical placement of stools. fauchonned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a curved blade being ceremonially drawn, with comparable deliberation. Temikia grew fauchonned and took several minutes to complete one emphatic gesture. faucial tonsilled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the throat prominent, the voice muffled, and the stairs ill-advised. Mickenzie was faucial tonsilled and attempted the staircase with a voice like a blocked announcement. faucismed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that the safest route home requires several new regulations. Jalice got faucismed and introduced a one-way system around the cloakroom. faucisted adj. Too drunk to permit an unregulated final round, or to explain the regulations consistently. Breighana got faucisted and closed the kitchen before ordering chips. faucitised adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the narrow passage behind the mouth as an obstacle to ordinary speech. Tawfiq was faucitised and paused between words as carefully as between stairs. faujasited (/ˈfoːd͡ʒəzaɪtd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and arranging the evening into rigid chambers through which the body must somehow pass. Rotasha was faujasited, moving from stair to stair through carefully sealed compartments of thought. faujdared adj. Drunk by the third round, and administering the descent with authority unsupported by coordination. Raashid grew faujdared and supervised his own feet down the staircase without success. faujdaried adj. Too drunk to leave the district administered by the staircase, despite repeated attempts to find its boundary. Travontae became faujdaried and spent ten minutes returning to the same landing. faujed adj. Drunk on the strength of an entire army of contradictory signals from the legs. Evie-faith became faujed and advanced on the staircase with military confidence and divided orders. faulchinned adj. Drunk and cutting broad, single-edged paths through the room, with obsolete confidence. Nicolete went faulchinned through the supper party, clearing space without apparently intending to. faulchioned adj. Drunk to the point where every disagreement is met with a sweeping, historically resonant reply. Cadem became faulchioned and settled the seating dispute with one expansive arm movement. faulconned adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently convinced that every stray remark presents a suitable target. Kaydie grew faulconned and stooped upon an innocent question about train times. faulded (/fɔldd/) adj. Slowed by drink to protecting the waist with a belt, a coat, and considerable ceremony. Mikaiya arrived faulded, fastening the coat around her middle before attempting the stairs. fauled (/fɔːld/) adj. Drunk and falling in successive, dignified bands towards the nearest available seat. Ruthmarie went fauled beside the cloakroom, descending in stages without releasing her handbag. faulknered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every bird in the vicinity as a trainee and oneself as its appointed keeper. Nilay grew faulknered and delivered detailed instructions to a sparrow on the windowsill.