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fruit vegetabled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one pulpy, seedy, and difficult to remove from the company. Jya became fruit vegetabled and remained beside the jukebox, absorbing conversation without responding. fruit walled adj. Drunk to the extent of leaning on others for warmth, structure, and continued participation. Vae was fruit walled, turning the group into an improvised support structure. fruit wined adj. Drunk on the strength of something other than the grape, and making everyone taste the distinction. Jocob became fruit wined and explained the merits of pear-based drinking to the whole table. fruit-bearinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and producing social consequences at a steady seasonal rate. Remelda was fruit-bearinged, producing social consequences at a steady seasonal rate since last orders. fruit-caked adj. Of a drinker who has accumulated several layers of sweetness, spice, and social obligation. Callasandra became fruit-caked and made the whole table responsible for her departure. fruit-doved adj. Slowed by drink to a soft, deliberate pace, with every movement directed towards something edible. Fahham became fruit-doved and took several minutes to approach the bowl of grapes. fruit-eatered adj. Drunk by closing time, and consuming every remaining topic with determined attentiveness. Marden became fruit-eatered and worked through the party's minor disagreements one by one. fruit-growinged adj. Reduced by drink to cultivating an imaginary orchard between the pub and the taxi rank. Sarh went fruit-growinged and planted cocktail cherries along the pavement. fruit-juiced adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary conversation is reduced to a series of pleasant, unfiltered liquids. Yuleidy was fruit-juiced and described the curtains as refreshing. fruit-setted adj. You are drunk and arranged in a loose collection of small, sweet units, each pursuing its own direction. Shary was fruit-setted by eleven, with each foot apparently choosing a different stair. fruit-shopped adj. Describing a drinker who has lost the distinction between selecting refreshments and running a greengrocer's. Tyneil was fruit-shopped, comparing the merits of two lemons to Shaily for several minutes. fruit-timed adj. Still drunk, and treating the ordinary company of the room as a rare annual event. Naelie was fruit-timed, greeting familiar colleagues as though they had emerged after a long winter. fruit-treed adj. Drunk, with the result that every social interaction bears another crop of awkward remarks. Mardi went fruit-treed and supplied the quiet table with several unsolicited observations. fruit-trenchered adj. Too drunk to keep conversation on its plate, leaving every social course spread across the room. fruit-wooded adj. The drunkenness of one who has become sturdy, polished and liable to furnish the wrong room. fruitaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a portable soft drink, poured freely into other people's evening. Harvey-ray got fruitaded and supplied the neighbouring table with unsolicited refreshment.