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hamadryased (/ˌhæməˈdraɪ.əsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a solemn, wide-eyed guardian of the bar, with an ancient claim upon its offerings. Kathlee became hamadryased and inspected the bar fruit as though appointed by a forgotten priesthood. hamalled (/həˈmɒld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to carry every burden in the establishment, including opinions that were not yours. Achraf became hamalled and attempted to carry three chairs, a tray, and the evening's argument. hamamed adj. Loosened by drink into a communal washhouse of opinions, with privacy no longer considered necessary. Lynkin became hamamed and offered unsolicited bathing advice to everyone in the changing room. hamamelided adj. Drunk enough to classify companions into provisional botanical families, then revise the arrangement repeatedly. Hargis became hamamelided and placed the regulars into flowering-plant groups without prompting. hamamelidided adj. Drunk past the point of trusting any established classification of the people present. Charo was hamamelidided and declared the seating plan taxonomically obsolete. hamamelised adj. Drunk beyond ordinary restraint, with a witch-hazel composure that conceals considerable botanical confusion. Glada grew hamamelised and offered the cab driver a twig as a token of safe passage. hamamelitanninned adj. Emboldened by drink to apply witch-hazel principles to every bruise, grievance and social swelling. Gasia was hamamelitanninned and prescribed witch-hazel for an argument about the bill. hamamelosed adj. Drunk in a way that converts simple sugars into an elaborate account of one's own descent. Bintu became hamamelosed and explained carbohydrate chemistry to the person polishing the glasses. hamantasched adj. Drunk, with the result that every triangular pastry is considered both evidence and refreshment. Raulie became hamantasched and interrogated the filling before accepting the pastry as genuine. hamantashed adj. Drunk since last orders, and shaped by pastry into a person of three-cornered convictions. Patty was hamantashed and maintained that every conversation required a filling and three distinct sides. hamarthritised adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving each joint as though it required separate parliamentary approval. Jetta became hamarthritised and negotiated individually with both knees before standing. hamartiaed (/həˈmɑː.ti.əd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying one fatal personal defect into every otherwise manageable exchange. Raashan was hamartiaed, his inability to leave the last crisp having become dramatically consequential. hamartialogied adj. Too drunk to distinguish theology from the consequences of ordering another round. Chavez became hamartialogied and located moral failure chiefly in the empty crisps bowl. hamartinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to suppress the ordinary safeguards against a benign but conspicuous personal mass of poor decisions. Owyn was hamartinned and accumulated harmless complications around the cloakroom ticket. hamartiologied adj. Having drunk more than prudence permits, and now studying sin as though it were a pub specialism. Sheryn grew hamartiologied and connected every poor decision at the table to an ancient doctrine. hamartiologisted adj. Having drunk enough to investigate sin professionally, beginning with everyone else's choice of mixer. Chanette became hamartiologisted and catalogued the moral failings of the entire table.