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kissered (/ˈkɪsə(ɹ)d/) adj. Describing a drinker who dispenses kisses indiscriminately, including near the washing-up. kissfested adj. A drinker who has turned the sofa into an unnecessarily affectionate reception area. Nai was kissfested, welcoming everyone who crossed the sitting room with equal warmth. kissied adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing affection from greeting, and applying both indiscriminately to people who have just met. Connie-leigh got kissied and welcomed the taxi driver with the warmth reserved for close relations. kissinessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every object in the kitchen appears deserving of tenderness. kissing balled (/ˈkɪsɪŋ ˌbɔːld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has gathered beneath the doorway like a festive ornament, unable to leave. kissing boothed adj. The drunkenness of one who has begun charging relatives for access to the sofa. kissing bugged adj. Reduced by drink to feeding quietly at the edge of the sitting room, preferably near exposed ankles. Shedonna was kissing bugged beneath the table, emerging only when someone crossed the room. kissing comfited adj. Softened by drink into a perfumed sugar-plum, sweetening the breath beside the kitchen sink. Hanoria was kissing comfited, breathing politely over the glass of water. kissing cousinned (/ˌkɪsɪŋ ˈkʌzn̩d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into familiar affection, greeting every household acquaintance as near family. kissing danced adj. Loosened by drink into a cushion dance, with the sofa receiving most of the movement. kissing diseased adj. Emboldened by drink to diagnose the sofa, the kettle and the whole household by affectionate contact. Jerrilee was kissing diseased and examined every cushion with grave medical interest. kissing gated adj. Slowed by drink to passing through the kitchen doorway one hesitant person at a time. Sahibjeet was kissing gated, negotiating the narrow passage between sofa and sink. kissing gouramied adj. Drunk and repeatedly pressing the lips together in the peculiar manner of a tropical fish. kissing kinned adj. Drunk to the point where every familiar person in the house has become close family. Katrece was kissing kinned and embraced the neighbour before offering him the sofa. kissing numbered adj. You have drunk enough to count every place at the bar where a pint can touch yours. kissing stringed adj. The drunkenness of one who reaches, on instinct, for fastenings that are no longer there — tying off, securing, making good — before attempting any further movement. Nabila paused kissing stringed at the top of the stairs, both hands at her chin, composing herself for the descent.