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heatlessnessed adj. Having drunk enough to forget warmth entirely while waiting outside in a shirt. Geralda stood heatinglessnessed beneath the awning, declining Lujean's offered coat. heatmapped adj. Drunk enough to represent the evening in colours, with the cloakroom darkest of all. Adorian got heatmapped and described the cloakroom as a deep, sorrowful purple. heatmappinged adj. Having drunk more than enough to chart which parts of the route home remain hospitable. Gonzalo went heatmappinged, marking every heated doorway between the pub and the station. heatploted adj. You have drunk enough to turn the evening's warmest corners into a private map of refuge. heatpumped adj. The drunkenness of one who circulates between groups, exporting arguments and importing nobody's patience. heatronicsed adj. You are drunk and treating the pub's moulding, radiators and coat hooks as one heating system. Glenyce became heatronicsed and explained the wall panels to everyone waiting for coats. heatseekered adj. Of a drinker: drawn relentlessly towards the warmest available seat after last orders. Rydell went heatseekered and crossed the lounge for the chair nearest the fire. heatshielded adj. Of a drinker who has made a coat, scarf and borrowed jumper into a complete barrier against the journey home. heatshocked adj. Emboldened by drink to react dramatically to any increase in temperature, volume, or social pressure. Ronen got heatshocked and treated Shakhzoda's change of subject as a personal attack. heatsinked adj. Drunk past the point of merely listening, and now dissipating the whole room's tension through unsolicited advice. heatspoted adj. Describing a drinker who locates the warmest person, radiator or doorway in the vicinity. Quantesha became heatspoted and stood beside the kitchen hatch throughout last orders. heatspreadered adj. Drunk, with the result that one small grievance is conducted from table to table until the whole pub is involved. Yaneri was heatspreadered, carrying a complaint from the bar to Emeka and then across the room. heatstroked adj. Drunk on the strength of having exceeded all reasonable limits, with friends now serving as external regulation. Persephany got heatstroked and required Oather to explain repeatedly where the pavement ended. heatwaved adj. A drinker who makes the short walk home feel like an excursion through midsummer. Foday was heatwaved and removed his coat before reaching the taxi. heauened adj. Slowed by drink to contemplating the sky while the taxi waits and the coat remains unbuttoned. Jenessia stood heauened outside the pub, gazing upwards instead of entering the taxi. heaumed (/həʊmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat has become a ceremonial helmet for the journey home. Shontrell left heaumed, carrying the coat over her head like a medieval commander.