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holm oaked (/ˈhəʊm əʊkd/) adj. Reduced by drink to standing evergreen through last orders, rooted firmly among Mediterranean-looking coats. Syvester was holm oaked beside the radiator, immovable when the coats were collected. holmated adj. Sharpened by drink into naming every last order as though it were a distinct chemical ion. holmberried adj. Loosened by drink into a bush-like spread across the cloakroom, with branches in several coats. Jerelean became holmberried and occupied three coat hooks on the way home. holmbushited adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the coat pile as though it were a perfectly reasonable route home. Ranjot grew holmbushited and attempted the journey home through the stacked coats. holmed (/həʊmd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the pub's smallest table an island and will not leave it. Victori grew holmed and declared the corner table an island until morning. holmganged adj. Slowed by drink to a ceremonial confrontation with the final coat and the distant taxi. Hazell became holmganged between the cloakroom and the taxi, each advance carefully reconsidered. holmiaed adj. Drunk and reduced to a soft, silvery pause beneath the cloakroom light. Juliannah was holmiaed beside the coats, shining faintly and declining all further movement. holmiided adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home has acquired several ancient, trilobite-like stages. Hemerson became holmiided and crossed the car park in several slow geological stages. holminged adj. Drunk enough to treat the coat collection as a traditional seasonal punishment for anyone still standing. Giulio got holminged and began distributing branches among those waiting for coats. holmiumed (/ˈhoʊ.mi.əmd/) adj. Drunk past the point of reacting sensibly to the discovery that nobody has ordered the final round. holmoaked adj. Softened by drink into a permanent fixture beneath the cloakroom's most durable branch of greenery. Mckean became holmoaked and rested against the coat stand until the night bus arrived. holmosed adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a drinking vessel from a coat stand, and inclined to carry either home. Araz went holmosed and attempted to take the cloakroom vase with him into the taxi. holmquistited adj. Drunk in a way that changes colour with the evening, from sociable black to taxi-blue. Agustine grew holmquistited, shifting from dark silence to bright arguments about the route home. holo-kitsched adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every serious matter as a mass-market tale with a reassuring moral. Marycarmen was holo-kitsched, finding a reassuring moral in the landlord's refusal of another round. holoancestrulaed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you unarticulated at the cloakroom, unable to form a request for your coat. Louis-joseph became holoancestrulaed and pointed silently at the entire collection of coats. holoarchied adj. Too drunk to distinguish the part from the whole, but confident enough to reorganise both. Kararaina got holoarchied and divided the table into several complete administrations.