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glimmed (/ɡlɪmd/) adj. You have drunk enough to emit a brightness not supported by the lighting. glimmer of hoped adj. Of a drinker who has found a small, unreliable reason to order another round. Traice was glimmer of hoped after locating one unopened bottle behind the fruit bowl. glimmer-gowked adj. Describing a drinker who stares from the dark with the fixed attention of an owl. glimmered (/ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker: faintly illuminated, with no reliable indication of what is going on. Alaza was glimmered, offering a dim smile from the end of the table. glimmeringed adj. A drinker who gives off a small, intermittent sign of remaining awareness. Yuleiky was glimmeringed, producing occasional replies from the far side of the sofa. glimmerited adj. A drinker so far gone that only a dark, igneous stillness remains. Rhylea sat glimmerited in the armchair, dense and almost entirely unresponsive. glimmsed adj. The state of being drunk and possessing eyes that have ceased to provide a shared account of the room. Roshundra was glimmsed, looking at the clock while pointing towards the window. glimpsed (/ɡlɪm(p)sd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of catching only brief, incomplete impressions of the stairs and nearby furniture. Norine, thoroughly glimpsed, mistook the banister for a person offering directions downstairs. glimpsered adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking brief looks at obstacles without retaining their locations. Gallie, glimpsered, inspected the stairs before walking confidently towards the broom cupboard. glindexed adj. Drunk by closing time, and consulting a combined index of remembered routes without finding the relevant entry. Bentley went glindexed on the stairs, searching the landing for the page marked ‘down’. glinided (/ˈɡlaɪˌnaɪdd/) adj. Drunk beyond the sensible dose of confidence, and treating every carbohydrate as a negotiable detail. Abdikhaliq went glinided and assured the diabetic guest that dessert was largely a question of attitude. glinsed adj. Drunk on the strength of brief, incomplete looks, each followed by an uncertain change of direction. Shaquielle went glinsed on the staircase, studying every step before selecting the wrong one. glint in the milkman's eyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the unoccupied future as a destination and attempt the stairs towards it. glinted (/ɡlɪntd/) adj. Too drunk to maintain coordination, except for short flashes when something shiny provides a target. Kanden, glinted, reached the stairs safely after fixing on the polished banister. glintinged adj. Having drunk enough to produce a short flash of balance, usually while reflected off the banister. glioblasted adj. Having drunk more than the brain can organise, with several different instructions competing for each limb. Chatoya got glioblasted and gave her left foot separate directions on every stair.