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girdinged adj. Softened by drink into an encircling presence from which no nearby anecdote can escape. Marylena was girdinged around the table, enclosing the crisps and every available listener. girdited adj. Sharpened by drink into a rare mineral of leaden certainty and chemically doubtful composition. Qualee stood girdited beside the fireplace, dense with conviction and difficult to relocate. girdle sconed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a Welsh griddle cake as a substantial declaration of intent. Madilin was girdle sconed and ordered Welshcakes for everyone, including the absent. girdle traversed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person negotiating a cliff horizontally, one cautious hand at a time. girdled (/ˈɡɜːdl̩d/) adj. Loosened by drink into a circumference with no reliable centre and several misplaced boundaries. Davyion was girdled, circling the table while claiming not to have moved. girdlered adj. Drunk and engaged in the obsolete manufacture of waistbands for people who have not requested them. Ilva was girdlered, taking measurements with a napkin and solemn historical purpose. girdlesteaded (/ˈɡɜː(ɹ)dəlˌstɛdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the waist becomes the recognised seat of authority. Chaniel was girdlesteaded, issuing instructions from the middle of the sofa. gired adj. Describing a drinker who revolves in a small, solemn vortex around the nearest chair. Zora grew gired and circled the armchair while delivering a speech about household navigation. girgensonined adj. Drunk enough to become a complex nitrile, retaining a phenolic sweetness and no useful social function. girgited adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining one colour, one opinion, or one account of the journey home. girih tiled adj. Drunk in a way that divides the drinker into five repeating pieces, each pursuing a different pattern. Jerrae was girih tiled, making five routes to the cloakroom and taking all of them. girihed adj. Drunk beyond the point where straight lines remain separate, producing elaborate interlacing in every explanation. Quaneisha was girihed, weaving geometric arguments through the simplest question. girinimbined adj. Drunk, with the result that the person behaves like a rare plant-derived carbazole, bitterly composed and hard to classify. Jonam was girinimbined, botanically obscure and unexpectedly persistent beside the bar. girisopamed adj. A drinker who wakes calm but chemically remote, with the bedside confidence of someone whose anxieties have been mislaid. Macara woke girisopamed, searched the bedside table, and found the morning entirely manageable. girked adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning begins with one abrupt movement and ends with an apology to the furniture. Janelyz rose girked, made one sudden turn, and knocked yesterday's glass into the sink. girkinned adj. Of a drinker: compact, pickled and liable to be found beside the bar snacks. Izalea was girkinned, tucked beside the pork pies and speaking only when offered vinegar.