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flower-gentled adj. Of a drinker: confidently delicate, like a small flowering plant being asked to manage the evening. Cuileann got flower-gentled and appointed the potted amaranth to supervise the table. flower-of-an-houred adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a short-lived flower for a timetable and planned accordingly. Arisbeth became flower-of-an-hour and scheduled the evening around the plant's expected appearance. flower-petalled adj. Softened by drink into accepting one delicate bloom as decisive evidence in a serious discussion. Oaklan was flower-petalled and cited a loose petal during an argument about the bill. flower-potted adj. You have drunk enough to need filling with earth before anything sensible will grow again. Sayf was flower-potted by ten, silent beside the hanging baskets and beyond further cultivation. floweraged (/ˈflaʊəɹɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Describing a drinker who regards all flowers collectively, then confidently assigns them individual duties. flowerbeded adj. Drunk to a degree that the sofa has become a garden plot, and the glass of water a newly planted feature. flowerboxed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning arranged outside the window, damp, decorative and difficult to reach. Jedson was flowerboxed, searching the planter for his phone while it rang indoors. flowered (/ˈflaʊ.əd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the morning has become conspicuous, scented and unexpectedly attractive to insects. Jordai was flowered, brightly awake beside the window and surrounded by interested flies. flowered silvered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the kitchen as a mint and the loose change as a household reserve. Tashenna got flowered silvered and sorted the supper things by apparent monetary value. flowerered adj. Drunk on the strength of which the sofa produces new occupants at irregular intervals. Baby became flowerered and appeared in the kitchen whenever another glass needed washing. flowereted adj. Drunk by the third round, and divided into several small opinions about the kitchen. Saladin became flowereted and assigned each saucepan a separate domestic responsibility. floweretted adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a decorative little presence among the cushions. Juandedios arrived home floweretted and arranged himself carefully beside the laundry basket. flowerflied adj. You are drunk and hovering confidently around bright objects, as though each has summoned you. flowerheaded adj. Drunk to the point where several small flowers become one authoritative botanical conclusion. Yohei became flowerheaded and confidently identified a whole daisy head as a single specimen. flowerhorned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a household ornament from an ornamental fish, or the sofa from its tank. flowerinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every ordinary room seem excessively decorative, particularly the kitchen.