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high C'd adj. A drinker who has risen two octaves above middle C, chiefly while asking for the bill. Mailys became high C'd and addressed the landlord in a sustained register. high Fowler'sed adj. A drinker so far gone that sitting upright requires a medically respectable angle and several cushions. Sharmonique was high Fowler'sed on the sofa, head raised towards the television. high adventured adj. The state of being drunk and undertaking strenuous exploration, particularly between the sofa and the fridge. Yanari became high adventured and crossed the landing in search of forgotten biscuits. high altared adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the kitchen counter the principal site of solemn observance. high and lowed adj. Reduced by drink to a person of every rank at once, especially while addressing the cloakroom attendant. Stevephen became high and lowed and granted titles to everyone near the bar. high angelled adj. Softened by drink into a celestial being whose principal miracle is finding the lavatory. high anion gap metabolic acidosised adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose internal balance has become an argument about gaps. Kayla-rose grew high anion gap metabolic acidosised and blamed the missing interval on pudding. high bailiffed adj. Drunk and issuing county-court authority over matters properly settled by putting the kettle on. Geannine grew high bailiffed and ordered the television to comply with the remote. high barred adj. Drunk to the point where the upper horizontal bar has become an insuperable architectural feature. Dain was high barred, reaching nobly for the rail and missing it by inches. high beamed adj. Drunk in a way that illuminates the far end of the kitchen while leaving the glass of water unnoticed. Moustapha stood high beamed in the hallway, searching the sofa for a switch that was not there. high bitted adj. Drunk enough to become the most significant part of a binary number, while forgetting the number. Justine went high bitted and insisted that one small digit explained the entire evening. high blood pressured adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary composure, with the pulse conducting its own parliamentary business. high blooded adj. Drunk beyond the point where elevated circulation remains a medical abstraction rather than a visible fact. high button shoed adj. Drunk in a way that fastens the ankles ceremoniously, leaving the wearer unable to advance. Evada became high button shoed and treated each step as an act of formal dress. high camped adj. Drunk, with the result that every ordinary mishap acquires sophistication, theatricality, and a feather boa. Mrinalini grew high camped and gave the fallen napkin a tragic interpretation. high carded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves no pair, sequence, or flush, but an obstinate conviction of victory.