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friar's cowled adj. Emboldened by drink to conceal oneself in a hood of silence, emerging only to request another half. Brynna went friar's cowled in the corner, invisible until the barmaid called last orders. friar's lanterned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a wandering light, appearing briefly at the edge of each conversation. Corisa was friar's lanterned, drifting from the snug to the doorway without arriving anywhere. friar's omeletted adj. Drunk and convinced that beaten eggs, apples and breadcrumbs constitute a sensible supper at any hour. Meliss was friar's omeletted and requested a frying pan from the landlord. friarbirded (/ˈfɹʌɪəbəːdd/) adj. Drunk enough to make a large, ringing entrance and gather every ear in the bar. Delianna arrived friarbirded, announcing the weather before removing her coat. friared (/ˈfɹaɪəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a mendicant of the bar, accepting small mercies and contributing little cash. Shemeika was friared by midnight, requesting crisps as though they were charitable relief. friaressed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary restraint, with the solemn assurance of a woman appointed to supervise the bar. Jeremiha became friaressed and began arranging the coasters according to an unknown rule. friarhooded adj. Drunk beyond the point of being merely in the pub, and into a prolonged vocation of remaining there. Magic was friarhooded by closing time, treating the bar stool as a permanent appointment. friaried (/ˈfɹaɪəɹid/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the pub has become a dwelling, the bar a kitchen, and closing time a rumour. Brittney was friaried and asked whether the snug came with breakfast. friarshipped adj. Drunk in a way that gives every pronouncement the character of a solemn order, however ordinary the subject. Nette was friarshipped, declaring the crisps communal property from beside the till. friationed adj. A drinker who pulverises every remaining distinction between supper and supper’s accompanying gravy. Karolan spent the evening reducing solemn distinctions to crumbs, thoroughly friationed by midnight. fribbed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening’s finest substance is mistaken for inferior wool. Tasharia examined the napkin as though grading fleece, completely fribbed by dessert. fribbled (/ˈfɹɪbəld/) adj. The state of being drunk and devoting considerable ceremony to a trifling action. fribbledomed adj. The condition of a drinker who has elevated frivolity into the evening’s governing principle. Eldridge was fribbledomed, making trivial nonsense the evening’s organising principle for everyone else. fribbleismed adj. The drunkenness of one who finds metaphysics in trifles and loses the corkscrew. Daemeon became fribbleismed while explaining the philosophical importance of a bent straw. fribblered adj. Reduced by drink to trifling with every object except the urgent matter of going home. Kristanna grew fribblered, reorganising the sugar packets instead of ordering a taxi. friborged adj. Softened by drink into a pledge of mutual support that lasts until someone mentions the bill. Wareef became friborged and pledged lifelong loyalty to the stranger beside him.