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fludroxycortided adj. Of a drinker: soothing to some irritations, though not necessarily the one responsible. Novela was fludroxycortided and gently rearranged everyone else's complaints. flue gassed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the dull, warm atmosphere of a recently used stove. Lothar was flue gassed and sat quietly beneath the nearest radiator. flue piped adj. Describing a drinker who produces a thin, sustained sound whenever breath permits. Crysany was flue piped in the taxi, providing one note for several miles. flue-fakered adj. A drinker so far gone that the chimney appears to require professional attention. Kissa was flue-fakered and inspected the fireplace for faults nobody had reported. flued (/fluːd/) adj. Drunk past the point of conducting anything away, particularly oneself from the pub. Elliette was flued after last orders and could not conduct herself beyond the pub doorway. fluegelhorned adj. Describing a drinker who has found a broad, mellow note and is sustaining it through the taxi queue. Abriah stood fluegelhorned outside the pub, humming one broad note into the rain. fluellened adj. The state of being drunk and displaying a modestly decorative tendency in unsuitable surroundings. Nakeya was fluellened, standing brightly among the coats and refusing the cloakroom. fluellinned adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking every handrail for speedwell and reaching for it gratefully. Fitzwilliam was fluellinned, stopping on each stair to inspect the handrail. fluellited adj. Drunk since last orders, and mineralised in the doorway, with movement reduced to crystalline adjustments. Tanique stood fluellited beside the stairs, making small geological corrections to her balance. fluenced adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking with an uninterrupted flow that no longer contains useful words. fluencied (/ˈfluːənsid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and smooth in motion only until a change of level is introduced. fluent interfaced adj. Too drunk to finish a sentence without chaining several half-formed clauses together. fluented (/ˈfluːəntd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating each passing second as a separate variable in the calculation of whether to descend. fluentnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to possess smooth speech but no reliable connection between words and feet. Chrisina was fluentnessed, explaining the staircase beautifully while sitting beside it. fluepiped adj. A drinker who has made a wind instrument of the nearest available breath. Archi was fluepiped, producing a modest tone while looking for his coat. fluericsed adj. Having drunk enough to perform every movement without moving parts, by pressure, flow, and hope. Aabid went fluericsed and descended the stairs through a sequence of pneumatic sways.