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gilded flickered adj. The drunkenness of one who flashes brightly beneath the streetlights while pecking at the route home. Shaikh went gilded flickered, tapping at every signpost on the walk from last orders. gildered (/ˈɡɪldəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to laying a precious coating over every ordinary account of the evening. gildhalled adj. Having drunk more than the household can accommodate, and assembling everyone in the kitchen for a briefing. gilding metalled adj. Sharpened by drink into a brass-like resilience suitable for the last round and the walk home. Jibreel grew gilding metalled and volunteered to carry all the coats. gildinged (/ˈɡɪldɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into applying an ornamental explanation to every delay on the journey home. Pristina went gildinged and called the late taxi an elegant final arrangement. gilet jauned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a high-visibility garment from a revolutionary insignia, and to protest accordingly. Chauntee got gilet jauned and demanded the landlord recognise the people’s waistcoats. gileted (/ˈʒiːleɪd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a waistcoat worn for the evening rather than fastened to the person. Levelle arrived gileted, his coat open despite the cold journey home. gilgaied (/ˈɡɪlɡʌɪd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to develop several small depressions in which rainwater, or conversation, may collect. Jeancarlo became gilgaied and stored the evening’s objections in hollows of his own making. gilgied (/ˈdʒɪlɡid/) adj. Having drunk enough to retreat beneath the table and behave as though the carpet were a freshwater habitat. Andrenika was gilgied, vanishing beneath the table whenever the conversation grew too warm. gilgulled adj. You have drunk enough to regard each successive round as a fresh incarnation of the same regrettable soul. Lakaisha became gilgulled and introduced herself to the bar staff in several former identities. giliaed adj. You are drunk and flowering in several improbable directions, with no apparent regard for the season. gill arched adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a handsome internal framework for supporting several contradictory remarks. Tyzaiah grew gill arched and delivered his argument in a series of sober-looking spans. gill bailered adj. Describing a drinker who expels the evening’s excess with the steady mechanics of a small marine pump. gill covered adj. Of a drinker who has placed the face beneath a protective layer and declines to discuss the reasons. gill netted adj. A drinker who has become entangled in the night's conversations and is still resting where the evening left them. Evelynn-rose woke gill netted in coats, receipts, and three unfinished explanations. gill rakered adj. A drinker so far gone that every morsel within reach is retained for later, undisclosed consumption. Janaila became gill rakered and gathered the buffet’s crumbs with scholarly concentration.