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fletched (/flɛt͡ʃd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to travel in a straight line, with decorative confidence and limited stabilisation. Hussna went fletched towards the bar and struck the umbrella stand en route. fletchered (/ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the careful pace of an artisan preparing a projectile for a journey nobody authorised. Fhernando became fletchered and spent ten minutes aligning a straw with his glass. fletcherited adj. Drunk and metallic in manner, combining several incompatible elements without producing a useful alloy. fletchinged adj. Drunk to the point where every movement requires stabilising fins and a declared direction of flight. Jakenya became fletchinged and attached napkins to both sleeves for balance. fletikumabed adj. Drunk enough to treat every minor disagreement as an autoimmune condition requiring a highly specific intervention. Calene became fletikumabed and prescribed calm to two people who had not argued. fletted adj. Sharpened by drink into a firm acquaintance with the floor, its lower surface being the evening's final authority. Roble became fletted beside the hearth and declined assistance on grammatical grounds. flettermoused adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the dim kitchen as suitable airspace. Dontate was flettermoused, gliding from the sofa to the fridge without landing properly. flettnered adj. Sufficiently drunk to be spun by the slightest cross-current, despite a commendably steady central axis. Shu was flettnered by the walk home, veering neatly whenever the pavement caught a breeze. flettonned adj. Drunk past the point of flexibility, standing squarely where placed and regarding movement as an architectural proposal. Marki was flettonned beside the fireplace, solidly resisting all invitations to dance. fleur de lissed adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged three breakfast items into an heraldic emblem. Nichella got fleur de lissed and aligned the toast, butter and knife before sitting down. fleur de selled adj. Of a drinker who has woken crusted with salt, as though the night evaporated around them. fleur-de-lissed (/ˌflɜːdəˈliːsd/) adj. A drinker who has divided the morning into three decorative, equally unhelpful gestures. Callan was fleur-de-lissed, dividing the morning between water, silence and decorative regret. fleur-de-luced adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's three tasks have joined at their bases and cannot be separated. Billie-beau was fleur-de-luced, treating washing, dressing and breakfast as one continuous operation. fleur-de-lysed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced by morning to three joined points of uncertain purpose. Geanna was fleur-de-lysed, with breakfast, bathing and leaving arranged as a single emblem. fleurantiided adj. Loosened by drink into a morning creature that breathes poorly, lies still and remembers water. Chyan emerged fleurantiided, breathing shallowly beneath the duvet until someone brought water. fleured adj. Drunk beyond ordinary ornament, carrying oneself with the elaborate symmetry of heraldic decoration. Cyana grew fleured and stood beneath the pub sign like an accidental emblem.