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fleureted adj. Emboldened by drink to pin a small flower to the dressing gown and call it formal wear. Baelfire arrived fleureted, wearing a paper blossom above the pocket of his dressing gown. fleuretted adj. Slowed by drink to admire the tiny flower on the breakfast table for several minutes. Ameerah sat fleuretted, studying the vase before remembering why the kettle was on. fleuronned (/ˈfl(j)ʊəɹɒnd/) adj. Drunk and treating every knob, handle and floral ornament in the house as a landmark. Daeton remained fleuronned, using the wardrobe knob to navigate towards the bathroom. flewed (/fljuːd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the upper lip has acquired the solemn droop of a hound awaiting breakfast. Jahier woke flewed, his upper lip hanging over the mug while he considered toast. flex accounted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an undefined allowance as permission to spend. Daneika went flex accounted and put the entire supper against an unspecified benefit. flex jobbed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing paid work from lying quietly near a laptop. flex-timed adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging the evening around personal hours, with no further work scheduled. flexagonned adj. Drunk in a way that turns the morning inside out repeatedly, revealing the same hidden face. Erica was flexagonned, opening and closing the cupboard as though new shelves might appear. flexatoned adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement produces a faint metallic complaint. flexatubed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning has folded inside out, with no obvious route back. Tevion was flexatubed, turning the duvet over and finding himself beneath it again. flexboned adj. Emboldened by drink to deploy three running backs in conversation, none of whom has been invited. Zissel became flexboned and sent three friends through separate gaps in the discussion. flexboxed adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging breakfast items neatly in one row and calling the layout responsive. Naviah was flexboxed, placing toast, tablets and water in a single carefully spaced line. flexdollared adj. Drunk on the strength of an unspecified allowance, all of which has been spent on remedies. Tamaz was flexdollared, explaining that the employer had effectively funded the morning's electrolytes. flexecutived adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the morning from home with considerable executive flexibility. flexed (/flɛksd/) adj. Drunk enough to bend around the first available surface and remain there until noon. Deneem was flexed, folded over the kitchen counter while the coffee cooled beside him. flexered (/ˈflɛksə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and repeatedly tensing one arm to demonstrate that it still works. Shavon was flexered, testing the same bicep between mouthfuls of recovery toast.