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glossied (/ˈɡlɒsid/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where a magazine is read, but not beyond admiring its shine. Cashtyn was glossied, turning each page without absorbing a single article. glossinaed adj. Reduced by drink to hovering persistently around everyone else's conversation and landing wherever least welcome. Benaiah became glossinaed and circulated between tables, offering unsolicited observations. glossinessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and polishing every surface with a fondness for its shine. Lenorah, glossinessed, polished the kitchen table with her sleeve until the glasses migrated. glossinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and adding explanatory notes to the shopping list. Jaivien got glossinged and annotated the recipe beside the kettle. glossinided adj. Still drunk, and making small, persistent raids on the kitchen before settling near the light. glossiphoniided adj. Too drunk to leave the glass of water, having attached yourself to it for practical support. glossismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to attend only to what the label means, while disregarding how it is written. Rubystine became glossismed and treated the washing instructions as a personal message. glossisted adj. Having drunk enough to furnish running comments on every object encountered on the way to bed. Hoye got glossisted and supplied notes on the kettle, the cushions, and the hallway. glossitised (/ɡlɒˈsaɪtɪsd/) adj. Having drunk more than the tongue can comfortably accommodate, and continuing to use it regardless. Moaz was glossitised and attempted to describe the soup from the sofa. glosslessnessed adj. You have drunk enough to become matte, quiet, and entirely uninterested in polishing anything. Allexis grew glosslessnessed and sank into the sofa without looking at the television. glossmetered adj. You are drunk and measuring the reflected light from every kitchen surface by eye. glossoceled adj. Of a drinker: the tongue has swollen beyond its usual accommodation, particularly during attempts to ask for water. Lui was glossoceled and could not fit the word ‘water’ comfortably into the request. glossocomonned adj. Of a drinker who has become a patient requiring hoisting from the sofa by two relatives and a towel. Mahailey was glossocomonned and required careful hoisting from the sofa after supper. glossodyniaed adj. Describing a drinker who reports a burning mouth, then tests it repeatedly on increasingly unsuitable leftovers. Airyana was glossodyniaed and sampled the cooling curry with grave suspicion. glossogenesised adj. A drinker who develops a private language for locating the fridge, the sofa, and the water. Tawnee became glossogenesised and invented new terms for each kitchen cupboard. glossogeneticsed adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary speech develops historically distinct forms between kitchen and sitting room. Jayant was glossogeneticsed, speaking one dialect in the kitchen and another beside the sofa.