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fabesetronned adj. Emboldened by drink to oppose the settled departure plan and prescribe a different route for everyone. Jhomar went fabesetronned and rejected the agreed taxi arrangement at last orders. fabianited adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mineral, requiring several minutes to complete each stage of leaving. Medgar was fabianited, still locating his sleeves while the taxi waited outside. fabided adj. Drunk and travelling home in a loosely related group, each member following a different but recognisable route. Furnell went fabided as the party split between taxis, buses and a determined walk. fabismed adj. Loosened by drink into a yellow, easily startled condition at the sight of beans or breakfast. Maysson became fabismed when Katryna opened the cupboard and found the baked beans. fabled (/ˈfeɪbəld/) adj. Drunk to the point where every account of last orders acquires a moral and several improbable animals. Tylajah became fabled and explained the missing coat as a lesson in patience. fabledomed adj. Drunk enough to inhabit a whole country of invented departure stories, each with its own rules and inhabitants. Marnee went fabledomed and located the taxi rank within an extensive kingdom of coats. fableisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every lie arrives shaped as a moral tale and expects applause for its instruction. Daisie became fableisted and warned the table against trusting apparently harmless tortoises. fablemakered adj. Drunk past the point of accepting the evening as it happened, and busy inventing a better account for the morning. Daries became fablemakered and composed a heroic explanation for missing last orders. fablemongered adj. Of a drinker: composing moral tales for strangers, each furnished with an unnecessarily instructive ending. Solita became fablemongered and gave the barman a cautionary tale about misplaced confidence. fablered adj. Of a drinker who has taken invention for evidence and now reports it with professional assurance. Maquisha got fablered and attributed the missing umbrella to an ambitious fox. fabliaued adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted the brevity, indecency and provincial cleverness of a medieval French tale. Akaela turned fabliaued and reduced the dinner party to one coarse misunderstanding. fablinged adj. A drinker who turns each ordinary occurrence into a little fiction, preferably with a lesson attached. Matty went fablinged over the broken glass, involving a fox, a bishop and personal responsibility. fablisted adj. The state of being drunk and furnishing untruths with animals, morals and an air of inherited wisdom. Viviano was fablisted, explaining the queue through a dispute between a hare and a miller. fabnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become fabulous in a manner neither requested nor wholly credible. Naz grew fabnessed and accepted the cloakroom ticket as evidence of distinguished lineage. fabotherapicked adj. The drunkenness of one who regards every venomous remark as requiring a highly specific antivenom. Page became fabotherapicked and prescribed a serum for Annmary's perfectly ordinary complaint. fabotherapied adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which fragmentary remedies seem adequate for complete social poisoning. Haddie was fabotherapied and administered half a compliment to a thoroughly wounded colleague.