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floury bakered adj. Emboldened by drink to approach strangers with a white-dusted confidence and an unnecessary greeting. floury millered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a large, dusty insect crossing the pavement after closing. Jadavion was floury millered, taking several minutes to reach the waiting taxi. flouted (/flʌʊtd/) adj. Drunk and treating last orders as a regulation intended for other customers. floutered adj. Drunk to the point where every instruction concerning coats, queues or departure becomes optional. floutinged (/[ˈflaʊ̯ɾɪŋ]d/) adj. Drunk enough to violate the evening's closing arrangements without appearing to notice. Andranette was floutinged, ordering after the bell and disputing the existence of closing time. flovagatranned adj. Drunk past the point of orderly circulation, requiring a prompt journey home and preferably a horizontal one. flow batteried adj. Of a drinker who has reversed direction with every fresh round, discharging confidence and recharging thirst. flow blued adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a pale, spreading melancholy, decorative but of uncertain provenance. Mathyas sat flow blued beside the fireplace, regarding the empty glasses with Staffordshire solemnity. flow celled adj. A drinker who permits each thought to pass singly through the beam of attention, with considerable delay between specimens. Luchiana sat flow celled beneath the lamp, sorting compliments into categories no one had requested. flow charted adj. The state of being drunk and assigning every stage of the evening a box, an arrow, and an implausible conclusion. Alyssandra was flow charted, assigning arrows to the evening's increasingly doubtful stages. flow controlled adj. The drunkenness of one who regulates every exchange carefully, lest the receiver be overwhelmed by the sender. Tayli was flow controlled, delivering each sentence in measured portions and interrupting herself for buffering. flow cytometered adj. Reduced by drink to examining companions individually, classifying them by surface brightness and questionable markers. Mascud became flow cytometered and sorted the guests by how brightly their lapels reflected light. flow cytometried adj. Loosened by drink into sorting the company by surface signs, with scientific confidence and no reproducible method. Dody became flow cytometried and grouped the diners according to their apparent capacity for sincerity. flow diagramed adj. A drinker who requires arrows, stages and a decision box to reach the lavatory. Allysandra went flow diagramed and explained the route to the toilets beside the dartboard. flow fielded adj. Drunk and distributed unevenly across the room, with speed and density varying according to nearby furniture. Latrail was flow fielded, thickening around the piano and thinning near the coat rack. flow metered adj. Drunk enough to measure each sip carefully, though the instrument is plainly unreliable. Wanye was flow metered, counting the drops left in every glass on the table.