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flowbacked adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose assurances return, undiminished, whenever anyone asks what happened. Luellar was flowbacked, returning the same assurances whenever anyone asked about the missing umbrella. flowcelled adj. A drinker so far gone that each remark must pass through a narrow beam before emerging, usually altered. Iosefa became flowcelled and sent every opinion through the same conversational bottleneck. flowcharted adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the evening to linked stages, without locating an exit from it. Delania was flowcharted, explaining the supper's progression with a borrowed biro. flowchartered adj. Drunk to the extent of generating a decision tree for every simple action, none of whose branches concludes sensibly. Damari grew flowchartered and mapped the route from chair to bathroom in coloured stages. flowchartinged adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange the morning's simple tasks into a diagram no one else can read. Jaselle became flowchartinged and mapped the route from bed to toast in coloured arrows. flowcytometered adj. Softened by drink into inspecting people one at a time, as though the room required laboratory classification. Pairlee went flowcytometered and assigned every guest a colour before offering anyone a chair. flowcytometried adj. Emboldened by drink to classify each companion separately, especially by qualities visible only to the classifier. Lucyrose grew flowcytometried and assigned the guests numerical colours without explanation. flowdowned adj. Slowed by drink to a gradual downward movement, arriving at the floor before the person does. Hoorain was flowdowned, sinking from the chair in several carefully negotiated stages. flowed (/fləʊd/) adj. Of a drinker: moving continuously through the room, with neither solid purpose nor discernible destination. Kataleya flowed between the tables, accepting each glass as though carried there by current. flower arrangemented adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a bouquet from a suitable place to put the morning's receipts. Kystal was flower arrangemented, placing the unpaid bills among the stems for safekeeping. flower bedded adj. A drinker who mistakes the nearest planted border for a perfectly reasonable place to settle an argument. Tahmya got flower bedded and lay beside the border to explain why the roses had won. flower beetled adj. Drunk beyond the point where flowers are scenery, and into the habit of examining each one for breakfast. flower bonded adj. Drunk in a way that makes every morning possession seem redeemable only after the holder's death. Belkys was flower bonded, discussing the resale value of a broken lamp over cold toast. flower boxed adj. Drunk, with the result that the window box appears the proper place to store both plants and personal effects. Tajwar was flower boxed, putting his wallet beside the geraniums and forgetting which window it was. flower bugged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a harmless morning insect as a pirate boarding the breakfast table. Justice was flower bugged, defending the marmalade from a beetle with a teaspoon. flower carred adj. Drunk on the strength of last night's procession, still transporting wilted decorations towards the morning's solemn errands. Diron was flower carred, carrying the discarded wreaths towards the bus stop in silence.