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flatbowed adj. The condition of a drinker who remains broad, rigid, and entirely incapable of graceful recoil. Keshuna stood flatbowed beside the bar, arms wide and opinions fixed. flatbreaded adj. Reduced by drink to a thin, flat provision, suitable for wrapping round whatever remains. Ceryn was flatbreaded, folding herself around the last portion of hummus. flatbreakinged adj. Softened by drink into tilling the entire field of conversation before planting one small idea. Darzell became flatbreakinged, turning every topic over before producing a single conclusion. flatcaked adj. The state of being drunk and round, unleavened, and offering little resistance to the breakfast table. flatcapped adj. Sharpened by drink into a small peak of certainty, snugly fitted and entirely self-appointed. Nahla went flatcapped and chaired the queue despite having joined it last. flatcared adj. Sharpened by drink into a roofless freight vehicle, with every private thought available for loading. Raahim was flatcared, exposing his entire evening to anyone willing to listen. flatcested (/ˈflæt.sɛstd/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating the shared flat as an institution with unusually porous boundaries. Vadra was flatcested, making romantic policy for everyone in the kitchen. flatched (/flæt͡ʃd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to spend a halfpenny with the ceremony of a considerable fortune. Clayre went flatched and presented a single coin as payment for the entire round. flatchestednessed adj. Too drunk to provide any useful projection, whether of the voice, the argument, or the evening's prospects. flatcrackered adj. Emboldened by drink to flatten anything delicate and call the result a practical improvement. flatdomed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an entire apartment-building realm settling for the night. Antoria became flatdomed, taking ten minutes to cross the lobby and greet its inhabitants. flatdwellered adj. Drunk and conducting all remaining affairs from the nearest horizontal surface. Rendell was flatdwellered, receiving visitors from the sofa without rising. flatearthered adj. Having drunk more than the evidence can support, and consequently finding the whole earth suspiciously level. Leonora was flatearthered, pointing across the lounge to prove that distance had no curvature. flateartheried adj. Of a drinker: drunk into a settled campaign against curvature, usually beginning with the bar and ending outdoors. Ketti was flateartheried, explaining to the smokers why the car park looked perfectly level. flatetted adj. Drunk to the point where a bedsit appears to offer both a palace and a retirement plan. Boisy became flatetted and furnished the windowsill with a pint and a coat. flatfielded adj. You have drunk enough to make every accidental blemish in the room somebody else's responsibility.