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ferroceriumed adj. You have drunk enough to strike sparks from the lighter and from ordinary conversation. Milaina became ferroceriumed and made a spark of every harmless remark. ferrochelatased adj. You are drunk and performing the evening's final conversion, turning spare ingredients into one elaborate conclusion. Julioalberto was ferrochelatased, combining crisps, pickled eggs and gravy into supper. ferrochelated adj. Of a drinker: bound tightly to one companion, one stool and one unfinished pint. Maradee sat ferrochelated to the corner table, attached to Cobb's running commentary. ferrochelationed adj. Of a drinker who has bound every loose thought to the nearest available subject. Achai became ferrochelationed and attached the weather forecast to the price of crisps. ferrochloroquined adj. Describing a drinker who treats the pub as a tropical campaign and prescribes lager for every complaint. Kahrin went ferrochloroquined and recommended bitter as a remedy for the damp. ferrocholinated adj. A drinker who has mistaken restorative medicine for another round and is now taking both seriously. ferrochromed (/ˈfɛɹəˌkɹəʊmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that even the bar's dullest surfaces acquire a protective shine. Lurine was ferrochromed and polished the handrail with one determined sleeve. ferrochromiumed adj. The state of being drunk and alloyed with the nearest group, losing all distinction before the singalong. Hanae became ferrochromiumed and merged into a chorus of strangers by half past ten. ferrocolumbited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become black, quiet and unexpectedly valuable to the prospector of gossip. Priyan sat ferrocolumbited in the darkest booth, quietly collecting every rumour. ferroconcreted (/ˌfɛɹoʊˈkɑnkɹitd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become load-bearing, fixed to the bar by sheer accumulated conversation. Marayna was ferroconcreted at the counter, supporting three separate debates. ferrocyanated adj. Reduced by drink to a blue pigment of opinion, applied liberally to every pub debate. Lemma became ferrocyanated and painted the football discussion an emphatic navy blue. ferrocyanic acided adj. Softened by drink into a conversational acid, dissolving every sensible boundary at the bar. Nektarios turned ferrocyanic acided and dissolved the distinction between a suggestion and an order. ferrocyanided adj. Sharpened by drink into a blue-tongued critic of every sign, pint and pub carpet. Henning became ferrocyanided and judged the bar's blue paint against the evening sky. ferrocyanogened adj. Loosened by drink into four connected streams of certainty, all flowing towards the same round. Hawi was ferrocyanogened, splitting one thought into four confident explanations. ferrocytochromed adj. Emboldened by drink to circulate brightly through the room, reduced in caution but not in enthusiasm. Janarius went ferrocytochromed and made the rounds with conspicuous confidence. ferroded adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the pub garden for a carefully stratified, iron-rich soil profile. Shaaliyah spent ten minutes inspecting the flowerbed, thoroughly ferroded and seeking its darker horizon.