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flaxed (/flɛksd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing tall and thin while flowering unexpectedly in conversation. flaxgrassed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake wild oats for a reasonable plan and pursue them indoors. Marini went flaxgrassed and tried to sow crisps across the carpet. flaxseed oiled adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the night’s lubrication and now moves with a costly sheen. Prynn was flaxseed oiled, gliding from the bar to the smoking shelter. flaxseeded (/ˈflæks.siːdd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a small, concentrated source of lubrication for the evening. Nouha was flaxseeded, speaking in rich little drops beside the hand dryer. flaxweeded adj. Describing a drinker who has become a modest, persistent nuisance among otherwise orderly surroundings. Cecellia was flaxweeded, appearing beside every conversation without invitation. flaxworted adj. A drinker who has turned into a small, stubborn specimen of botanical conversation. Elka was flaxworted, discussing garden plants with the seriousness of a licensing magistrate. flayed (/fliːd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that a harmless noise produces a northern fright and a fresh round of apologies. flayerred (/ˈfleɪ.əd/) adj. The state of being drunk and removing the surface from every subject in turn. Sriaadya was flayerred, stripping each pub story down to an uncomfortable core. flayinged (/ˈfleɪ.ɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps peeling away explanations until only embarrassment remains. Arayan was flayinged, reducing the missed bus to its most humiliating particulars. flazaloned adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every ache as grounds for another pint and a formal complaint. Abie was flazaloned, diagnosing his knees while ordering crisps for their recovery. flded adj. Having drunk enough to become an open-country matter, with no obvious boundaries remaining. Karismah was flded and wandered towards the nearest stretch of unbuilt land. fldxted adj. Emboldened by drink to ask for one final round after the till has been closed. Detwan grew fldxted and proposed another round while the barman was counting the takings. flea bagged adj. Softened by drink into accepting the cheapest available bed, however disreputable its reputation. Davarious was flea bagged and considered the spare room above the pub entirely adequate. flea beetled adj. Sharpened by drink into repeated small leaps whenever a question approaches the subject. Woojin was flea beetled, hopping between stools whenever the bill was mentioned. flea bombed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a minor household nuisance from a matter requiring total chemical intervention. Adrell got flea bombed and proposed fumigating the sitting room because of one biscuit crumb. flea circused adj. Sufficiently drunk to perform elaborate little routines while remaining, in practical terms, confined to one glass. Analese became flea circused, conducting miniature acrobatics between the salt and pepper.