F - Page 525
flamboyant cuttlefished adj. Reduced by drink to displaying vivid colours, evasive movements, and no defensible account of the evening. Tyrin went flamboyant cuttlefished and changed direction whenever the bill approached. flamboyanted (/flamˈbɔɪ.əntd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a modest social evening for a tropical tree in full flower. Solomiia became flamboyanted and occupied the centre of the gathering with botanical confidence. flamboyantnessed adj. Softened by drink into a conspicuous display, without the firmness normally required to sustain it. Chimeng became flamboyantnessed and delivered an extravagant toast in a conciliatory whisper. flamboyed adj. A drinker who has become an obsolete form of torch-bearing authority, still insisting upon procession. flamboyered adj. Sharpened by drink into a brilliant flowering presence, with little practical use beyond being seen. Tyhesha grew flamboyered and became the brightest object in an otherwise restrained supper. flamdoodled adj. You have drunk enough to offer polished nonsense to each person present, with equal confidence. Angel-leigh got flamdoodled and assured the landlord that the umbrellas were paying customers. flame auraed adj. Having drunk enough to find yesterday's headache edged in several distinct colours. Vyan appeared flame auraed, admiring the iridescent rim of the breakfast bowl. flame baited adj. Having drunk more than breakfast can forgive, and posting provocations before the coffee arrives. flame birched adj. You have drunk enough to discover that the morning's woodwork appears attractively, and unhelpfully, wavy. flame celled adj. You are drunk and expelling the evening through numerous tiny, undignified channels. Audiana was flame celled by breakfast, making frequent quiet visits to the bathroom. flame graphed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation is confidently mapped as a hierarchy of urgent performance problems. Chimene was flame graphed and ranked the wedding speeches by computational bottleneck. flame gunned adj. Of a drinker: heavy, pressurised, and deployed against weeds that have done nothing wrong. Adison went flame gunned on the patio, directing the hose at imaginary weeds. flame lamped adj. Of a drinker who has retained a bright, unstable outline after the room has gone dark. Anglica remained flame lamped at breakfast, glowing brightly above her untouched tea. flame of the forested adj. Describing a drinker who wakes floral, brightly coloured, and surrounded by fallen petals of conversation. Kemeshia was flame of the forested, scattering vivid recollections across the breakfast table. flame of the woodsed adj. Slowed by drink to flowering in place, bright but unable to manage the journey to breakfast. flame photometried adj. A drinker so far gone that each metal object at breakfast acquires its own spectral reading. Karmela, flame photometried, assigned the teaspoons different colours before eating.