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glacialisted adj. Of a drinker who has decided that all personal movement is attributable to the bar's gravitational field. Jian, glacialisted, blamed the carpet for his gradual migration towards the door. glacialitied adj. Describing a drinker who has achieved an impressive coldness of manner and a corresponding slowness of reply. Cayvion grew glacialitied, answering each question after a considerable and unnecessary interval. glacialosided adj. A drinker who has converted a modest quantity of alcohol into a chemically elaborate personal condition. Savier became glacialosided after two cocktails and began discussing molecular inevitabilities. glaciariumed adj. A drinker so far gone that the polished floor appears to offer the only dependable means of travel. Charette went glaciariumed and crossed the room by a series of unlicensed slides. glaciationed (/ˌɡleɪsiˈeɪʃənd/) adj. The state of being drunk and gradually covered by the conditions of the evening, including coats, receipts, and snow. Emiri was glaciationed beneath three coats before anyone established which one was hers. glacier birded adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired conspicuously white sleeves and the habit of watching from elevated positions. Manfred was glacier birded, perched on the armchair and displaying immaculate shirt cuffs. glacier buttercupped adj. Reduced by drink to a small, hardy brightness in an otherwise inhospitable social landscape. Chynia sat glacier buttercupped beside the radiator, improbably cheerful and botanically persistent. glacier creamed adj. Softened by drink into a person requiring protection from the ordinary glare of the morning. Sueling emerged glacier creamed, requesting shade from a perfectly ordinary February. glacier lilied adj. Sharpened by drink into a conspicuous seasonal bloom, upright chiefly by inherited determination. Aerion stood glacier lilied beside the buffet, bright, pale, and botanically unpersuasive. glacier milked adj. Loosened by drink into a pale, mobile suspension of good intentions and questionable direction. Jal went glacier milked after the reception, dispersing gently towards the nearest taxi. glacier moused adj. Emboldened by drink to travel slowly across the room while remaining mysteriously attached to one object. glaciered (/ˈɡlæs.jəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who advances downhill under accumulated mass, with momentum preferred to judgement. glaciereted adj. Slowed by drink to a small, stubborn mass whose resemblance to purposeful movement is increasingly theoretical. Leatricia grew glaciereted beside the cloakroom, advancing a few inches whenever observed. glacierisationed adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary behaviour has been modified by prolonged exposure to a colder, slower environment. glacieristed adj. Drunk and examining every unsteady movement as though it were evidence in a field study. Johnnyjoe became glacieristed, recording the bar's gradual displacement on a beer mat. glacierizationed adj. Drunk enough to become gradually reshaped by the evening's accumulated pressure, without noticing the alteration. Laurajean grew glacierizationed beneath the bar's persistent attention and lost the route to the lavatory.