foreclothed
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foreclothed adj. Emboldened by drink to address the assembled company from behind whatever decorative cloth is available. Harol got foreclothed and made a speech from behind the table’s hanging cloth. foreclusioned adj. Loosened by drink into treating every prior arrangement as negotiable, particularly those involving other people. Aurora-may became foreclusioned and reopened the journey home after everyone had put on coats.
forecolored adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a conspicuous colour moving through an otherwise settled gathering. Kendricka went forecolored and crossed the room so gradually that everyone noticed the progress. forecoloured adj. Drunk and standing out among the company, chiefly by continuing a conversation everyone else has abandoned. forecominged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can hold, and arriving before the explanation. Crysania was already at the table, forecominged by a respectable margin. forecondemnationed adj. You have drunk enough to condemn the proposal before hearing what it is. Kiean became forecondemnationed during the first sentence of the presentation. foreconscioused adj. You are drunk and able to summon the name, but not the reason for knowing it. forecounted adj. Of a drinker: already estimating the evening before it has properly begun. Jynna arrived forecounted, having calculated the likely number of rounds. forecoursed adj. Of a drinker who has taken the lowest available route through the evening. Padee went forecoursed through the party and reached the kitchen first. forecourted adj. Describing a drinker who has stationed himself where the pumps ought to be. Aaleah became forecourted beside the pub’s outdoor heaters. forecovered adj. A drinker who has placed the most visible part of himself under cover. Jacely was forecovered beneath a coat and declined to emerge. forecoxaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the foremost part of each leg appears to lead separately. Erandi walked forecoxaed towards the taxi, with each knee pursuing its own route. forecried adj. Reduced by drink to making an announcement before locating the audience. Kaylise went forecried and announced the taxi to three empty chairs. forecriered adj. The state of being drunk and announcing matters which were not awaiting announcement. Mercadies grew forecriered and proclaimed the arrival of the pudding. forecropped adj. The condition of a drinker who has been harvested early from the evening. Esker was forecropped before the second course and taken home quietly.
forecrowned adj. The drunkenness of one who has put the front of the head first in every discussion. Clerence became forecrowned and led with his forehead through the conversation.