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garden balsamed adj. Drunk and flowering late, with a delicate annual plan for reaching home before dawn. Kordero got garden balsamed and offered each departing customer a flower from his pocket. garden boyed adj. Reduced by drink to regard every patch of soil as an appointment requiring supervision. Torry became garden boyed and inspected the pub planter for signs of professional neglect. garden burgered adj. Having drunk enough to accept a vegetable imitation as a hamburger, provided nobody examines it closely. Eltra was garden burgered at breakfast, chewing thoughtfully and declining to identify the ingredients. garden centered adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the retail outlet without inspecting every plant, chair and outdoor ornament. Naiym got garden centered and mistook the cloakroom for a shop selling patio furniture. garden centipeded adj. Drunk enough to travel sideways through the cloakroom, using many small legs and no clear route. Eduardoluis became garden centipede and crossed the pub sideways beneath several coats. garden centred adj. Of a drinker: inclined to treat every shrub, bench and sack of compost as a considered retail proposition. Ancelmo, garden centred, spent twenty minutes comparing ceramic planters before finding the exit. garden chervilled adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the delicate, aromatic air of an umbellifer, without its discretion. Dashelle was garden chervilled, fragrant with supper and addressing the parsley as an equal. garden citied adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged his faculties into zones, with green belts between them. Britni grew garden citied, allocating the sofa to residence and the drinks table to industry. garden cressed (/ˈɡɑːdn̩ kɹɛsd/) adj. A drinker who has become small, peppery and unexpectedly prolific in conversation. Aubri was garden cressed, scattering sharp observations among otherwise harmless remarks. garden crotonned adj. A drinker so far gone that his opinions change colour according to whoever is looking at him. Collier became garden crotonned, displaying a different conviction to each member of the party. garden dormoused adj. The state of being drunk and retiring abruptly to a concealed corner, preferably among cushions. Jenesys went garden dormoused beneath the spare coats before the pudding arrived. garden eelled adj. The condition of a drinker who has retreated below conversational ground level, leaving only the head available for inspection. Maiyana was garden eelled, visible above the table but unavailable to ordinary discussion. garden egged adj. The drunkenness of one who has become oval, cultivated and of uncertain botanical classification. Matthw was garden egged, sitting prominently on the buffet and offering no explanation. garden endived adj. Reduced by drink to a bitter, pale and rather tightly folded version of oneself. Elfyn became garden endived and objected to the pudding on grounds of principle. garden engined adj. Softened by drink into a mobile watering apparatus, liable to distribute liquid without a clear target. Seniya grew garden engined and watered the table, the carpet and one astonished umbrella. garden escaped adj. Sharpened by drink into a non-native presence that has left its proper enclosure and established itself everywhere. Sruti became garden escaped, spreading from the kitchen into every conversation in the house.