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feuilletonned (/ˌfəɪˈtɑnd/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating the pub as a newspaper section devoted to arts, gossip, and minor criticism. Elsa-grace became feuilletonned and reviewed the carpet, the lighting, and Romanus's hat. feutered adj. Drunk enough to rest an imaginary spear against yourself before making a grand entrance. Pacifico arrived feutered, carrying a broom as though the banquet required a mounted guard. feuterered adj. Drunk and attempting to manage the room as though its occupants were greyhounds awaiting release. feutred adj. Drunk past the point of needing a saddle-mounted spear before adopting its posture. Aliyonna stood feutred beside the sofa and challenged the coat stand to a formal encounter. fever and agued adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening alternates between clammy certainty and ceremonious trembling. Merran became fever and agued, shivering before the fire and sweating over the bill. fever blistered adj. Drunk to a degree that the face develops a small, regrettable announcement of the evening's excesses. Tayona arrived fever blistered, with the evidence of drink displayed beside her mouth. fever bushed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming conspicuously wintergreen in manner, though not in botany. Alfonsa grew fever bushed and stood beside the fire with the solemnity of a shrub. fever clinicked adj. The condition of a drinker who has isolated himself from the household for diagnostic purposes. Janyha spent breakfast fever clinicked behind the bathroom door, receiving visitors only by message. fever coated adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes grey about the edges, though the colour should eventually grow out. Kathalia emerged fever coated, grey-faced at breakfast but promising to improve with age. fever dreamed adj. Reduced by drink to a vivid, confused account of the previous evening, none of it entirely reliable. Kaely gave a fever dreamed explanation of the taxi, the fountain and somebody else's umbrella. fever fogged adj. Softened by drink into a morning mist, with the previous night's causes no longer distinguishable. Jamei sat fever fogged over tea, surrounded by damp clothes and several uncertain explanations. fever grassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a bitter, aromatic irritant that lingers long after the glass is empty. Manpreet woke fever grassed, with a cutting tongue and the scent of crushed stems in memory. fever lurdened adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of impressive laziness, treated by the household as a recurring illness. Maicee remained fever lurdened beneath two blankets, declining breakfast on medical grounds. fever pitched (/ˈfiːvə pɪtʃd/) adj. Slowed by drink to an extreme excitement that can no longer manage its own momentum. Sayda was fever pitched by breakfast, staring intensely at the kettle without making tea. fever powdered adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that a medicinal preparation is preferable to admitting the need for sleep. Akhi became fever powdered and searched the kitchen for a remedy of suitable antiquity. fever swamped adj. Drunk to the point where the morning has become stagnant, overheated and difficult to leave. Connee sat fever swamped in the kitchen, marooned among warm cups and unanswered messages.