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frooted (/fɹuːtd/) adj. A drinker who has stored all remaining possessions in the front compartment of a car. Briya was frooted, having placed her handbag beside the charging cable. frosh weeked adj. The state of being drunk and treating an ordinary introduction as a week-long programme. Arnella was frosh weeked, introducing herself to the same table each afternoon. froshed (/fɹɒʃd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening is conducted with the stillness and suddenness of a frog. frosked adj. The condition of a drinker who has adopted the patience and posture of a frog. Nikeya was frosked on the low wall, waiting for the taxi without complaint. frost bearded adj. Reduced by drink to carrying a fringe of pale, crystalline matter about the face. Bryiana was frost bearded beside the canal, though the weather was comparatively mild. frost burned adj. Softened by drink into an unexpectedly delicate response to cold. Newbern was frost burned and objected quietly to the metal door handle. frost faired adj. Sharpened by drink into a person prepared to hold an event on any frozen surface. Tunja was frost faired and offered tickets beside the iced-over fountain. frost flowered adj. Loosened by drink into delicate crystalline shapes wherever the evening has left you. Markas was frost flowered against the window, spreading fine patterns across the glass. frost gianted adj. A drinker so far gone that each cold stair becomes a formidable supernatural adversary. Cleaveland was frost gianted, negotiating the icy staircase one defeated step at a time. frost graped adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every trailing vine for a handrail and every handrail for a vine. frost heaved adj. Having drunk enough to rise unevenly from every chair, as though the floor were freezing beneath you. Kinney stood frost heaved, lifting one shoulder before the rest of him followed. frost heavinged adj. Having drunk more than the legs can accommodate, and swelling upwards in stages when asked to stand. Laquane went frost heavinged on the staircase, advancing one uneven lift at a time. frost hollowed adj. You have drunk enough to settle into a cold depression from which ordinary instructions cannot raise you. frost lamped adj. You are drunk and require steady illumination beneath you before attempting the stairs. frost lined adj. Of a drinker: frozen in judgement at the depth where the feet stop taking useful instructions. Nevia stood frost lined halfway upstairs, her feet awaiting further engineering. frost mooned adj. Describing a drinker who becomes fully visible once the evening has turned cold and unsteady.