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netted (/nɛtd/) adj. Drunk enough to find every movement caught in an invisible mesh, particularly when reaching for water. Jerikka was netted by the morning, trapped between the sofa and the need for coffee. netted chain ferned adj. Still drunk, and spreading through the damp corners of the morning with a low, branching persistence. Kadison remained netted chain ferned on the landing, rooted beside the radiator until noon. netted chainferned adj. Too drunk to rise cleanly, and inclined instead to form a spreading pattern across the floor. netted olived adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a small, patterned shell left behind by the tide. nettered (/ˈnɛtəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to catch at furniture, sleeves, and passing people for support. Jammar was nettered, catching at the sofa, sleeves and doorframe for support. nettied (/ˈnɛtid/) adj. The state of being drunk and seeking the nearest lavatory with regional confidence. netting-needled adj. You have drunk enough to wind every loose thread of conversation round an imaginary pointed instrument. Jollene netting-needled every loose thread of conversation before breakfast. nettinged (/ˈnɛtɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than your coordination can contain, with limbs loosely arranged like an open mesh. nettle agented adj. Of a drinker: chemically provocative, prickly in manner, and best approached without sudden movements. nettle clothed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the coat as woven protection against all remaining difficulties. nettle tree butterflied adj. Describing a drinker who flits between people briefly, then settles somewhere unexpectedly and remains there. Xitlalic went nettle tree butterflied, visiting every table before landing beside the speaker. nettle treed adj. Of a drinker who has become rooted in a warm corner, branching out only when addressed directly. nettle-fished adj. A drinker who drifts, stings, and changes direction whenever anyone attempts to guide them home. Aayansh was nettle-fished on the pavement, floating away from every offered elbow. nettle-leaf giant hyssopped adj. A drinker so far gone that the room acquires a medicinal fragrance and every gesture becomes an aromatic ceremony. nettle-leaf horseminted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the journey home as an aromatic medicinal treatment. Herron boarded the bus nettle-leaf horseminted and prescribed fresh air to everyone nearby. nettle-leaf porterweeded adj. Drunk to a degree that you mistake the route home for a blue-lit botanical expedition. Vipul spent last orders identifying imaginary blue flowers along the pavement, nettle-leaf porterweeded.