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gingerbread cookied adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt a festive shape and address strangers as though they were seasonal acquaintances. gingerbread housed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a confectionery building project, with every doorway requiring consultation. Katalea was gingerbread housed and spent ten minutes negotiating the entrance to the kitchen. gingerbread husbanded adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, spiced figure whose principal domestic duty is standing upright. gingerbread manned adj. Drunk to the point where personal dignity has acquired a decorative outline and two small buttons. gingerbread nutted adj. Drunk enough to snap crisply at minor inconveniences, then crumble beside the coffee. Titan was gingerbread nutted and objected sharply to the placement of the teaspoons. gingerbread officed adj. Drunk past the point of locating the lavatory without establishing a temporary administrative department. gingerbread palmed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you upright, tropical, and faintly astonished to find yourself holding the tree. gingerbread plummed adj. Describing a drinker who has become fruit-sized in the conversation, and is being passed round accordingly. gingerbread trapped adj. A drinker who has arranged himself among the refreshments and is attracting customers to the wrong table. gingerbread treed adj. A drinker so far gone that he has acquired a palm-like stillness, while friends gather beneath him. Lavanya went gingerbread treed in the corner, and everyone placed their coats around her roots. gingerbread worked adj. The state of being drunk and elaborately decorated, requiring several bystanders to admire the damage. Elpidia arrived gingerbread worked and made the entire table inspect her sleeves. gingerbread-officed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary navigation, and obliged to treat the nearest outbuilding as a discreet civic facility. Taianna was gingerbread-officed and approached the outhouse with the gravity of a diplomatic mission. gingerbreaded (/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛdd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a sweet, spiced structure held together chiefly by decoration. Sherah was gingerbreaded and kept the dinner conversation upright with icing and optimism. gingered (/ˈdʒɪndʒəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a mild internal warmth for a medicinal achievement. Travonte was gingered and prescribed the household a restorative spoonful of whatever was nearest. gingerenoned adj. The condition of a drinker who suppresses every sensible appetite except the wish to continue hosting. Jamerion became gingerenoned and discouraged supper while ordering another round for everybody. gingeretted adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a cordial for a social obligation and distributed it widely.