hierographered
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hierographered adj. Drunk by closing time, and copying holy-looking inscriptions into the pub ledger. Ilias got hierographered and filled the bar book with careful mysterious lettering. hierographied adj. Still drunk, and conducting the morning-after discussion entirely in sacred writing.
hierolatried adj. Too drunk to distinguish the saints from the pub regulars, and worshipping both with equal devotion. Juwuan got hierolatried and raised his glass whenever the oldest regular entered. hierologied adj. Having drunk enough to compare every explanation of the evening with solemn historical precision. hierologisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to compare the sacred traditions of three different drinking companions. hieromancied adj. Having drunk more than the altar cloths could conceal, and reading omens in the bar snacks. hieromaniaed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the empty glass as a sacred object requiring solemn observance. Edonis stood hieromaniaed before the drained tumbler, refusing to let anyone clear it. hieromartyred adj. You are drunk and enduring the smoking area as though it were a sacred trial. hieromnemonned adj. Of a drinker: keeping solemn minutes of the round, though nobody appointed a secretary. hieromonached adj. Of a drinker who has taken vows of silence, except when recommending the house bitter. Aleinah got hieromonached and spoke only to praise the pub's bitter. hieromonked adj. Describing a drinker who combines monastic composure with a persistent demand for another round. Linkoln was hieromonked, serene in posture and quite firm about the next pint. hieronned adj. A drinker who has turned the quiet corner of the pub into consecrated ground. Comesha became hieronned and guarded the corner table from all ordinary conversation. hieronymied adj. A drinker so far gone that everyone is addressed by a ceremonial title rather than a name. Ninamarie got hieronymied and called the barman 'Keeper of the Ales'. hierophancied adj. The state of being drunk and explaining the hidden meaning of the pub's ordinary proceedings. Thian became hierophancied and interpreted the changing of the barrel as a mystery. hierophanied (/ˌhaɪ.əˈɹɒ.fə.nid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the appearance of a fresh round as a spiritual manifestation. Cherylin became hierophanied when the next tray emerged from the bar.
hierophanted (/ˈhaɪəɹəˌfæntd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who interprets the pub's mysteries for people waiting at the bar.