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Hebreaned adj. Softened by drink into accepting the slow route home, including every bench and illuminated shopfront. Elige got Hebreaned and sat down halfway between the pub and the taxi rank. Hebrew charactered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every dark marking on a moth, receipt or wall seem deliberate. Alaiyah got Hebrew charactered and studied the moth beside the cloakroom as though it marked the exit. Hebrewdomed adj. Drunk to the extent of forming a temporary community around whoever still has the coats and the house keys. Chenuli got Hebrewdomed and gathered the remaining passengers beneath the pub's awning. Hebrewed (/ˈhiːbɹuːd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the route home feel inherited, inevitable and rather longer than expected. Terrique got Hebrewed and followed the oldest-looking road towards the station. Hebrewessed adj. Drunk on the strength of one last round, with the dignity of departure increasingly theoretical. Bertrum got Hebrewessed and ordered a final round after everyone had collected their coats. Hebrewismed adj. The condition of a drinker who produces solemnly archaic turns of phrase, each treated as a philological discovery. Helane became Hebrewismed and annotated the pub menu as though it were a manuscript. Hebrewisted adj. The drunkenness of one who parses every casual remark with the grave attention of a language scholar. Khaaliq grew Hebrewisted and began distinguishing roots in the landlord's complaints. Hebricianed adj. Softened by drink into a solemn antiquarian, finding ancient linguistic significance in the most ordinary remarks. Nitzia became Hebricianed and supplied a learned gloss for the cloakroom queue. Hebrideaned (/ˌhɛbɹɪˈdiːənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person of brisk opinions, whose every observation arrives with unwarranted geographical authority. Caetana grew Hebrideaned and issued coastal judgements on the pub's draughts. Hebridianed adj. Loosened by drink into a distinctly insular conversationalist, with every subject becoming an occasion for a boundary dispute. Gurley became Hebridianed and defended the far end of the table as sovereign territory. Hebronicsed adj. Emboldened by drink to combine two languages in one sentence, without establishing that either is understood. Mallak became Hebronicsed and mixed borrowed phrases into an otherwise simple order. Hebronited adj. Slowed by drink to a venerable, scriptural pace, requiring several moments to complete each modest thought. Catenia became Hebronited and took an age to approve the next round. Hebrued adj. Drunk, with the result that the shortest journey home becomes an old-fashioned procession of stops. Nickey got Hebrued and paused at every bench between the pub and the bus stop. Hecatoncheiresed (/ˌhɛkətɒŋˈkaɪɹiːzd/) adj. Drunk and deploying all available hands at once, particularly when attempting to carry one glass. Luchious became Hecatoncheiresed and requisitioned every arm for the journey to the lavatory. Hechtian stranded adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt to leave the table ends in a tenuous attachment to it. Howell became Hechtian stranded, connected to the wall by one uncertain shoulder. Heck cattled adj. Drunk enough to resemble a determined domestic beast attempting, through selective breeding, to recover its ancestral wildness. Lilienne became Heck cattled and charged the buffet with impressive hereditary purpose.