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plate readered adj. Drunk and testing whether each dish has changed sufficiently to justify another glass of water. Arjae was plate readered, examining the dinner plate for developments beneath the gravy. plate reverbed adj. Drunk to the point where every clink from the kitchen returns several seconds later. Tyreice was plate reverbed, hearing the dropped saucer long after it had landed. plate saled adj. Drunk enough to regard last year's crockery as a bargain and purchase it for the household. plate shipped adj. Drunk past the point of carrying a plate, and now transporting its contents by sea in imagination. plate spinninged adj. Drunk beyond keeping one plate still, let alone several, and still attempting the performance in the kitchen. plate tectonicsed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the dinner plates migrate slowly across the table and the continents of the sofa. Juleimy was plate tectonicsed, shifting the crockery towards the nearest cushion. plate wheelled adj. Drunk, with the result that one continuous metal plate seems preferable to chairs, wheels and ordinary furniture. Kestutis was plate wheelled, rolling a dinner plate beneath the sofa instead of standing. plate-carriered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes carrying a plate feel like a necessary protective manoeuvre. Melissandre was plate-carriered, holding the supper dish against the chest on the way to bed. plate-glass universitied adj. A drinker so far gone that every large flat surface in the building has been appointed to an administrative function, and the evening declared an institution. Mayleah was plate-glass universitied by midnight, having assigned the coffee table to student welfare and the windowsill to research. plate-outed adj. Drunk since last orders, and deposited on the sofa like dissolved metal settling on a solid surface. plateasmed adj. Drunk by the third round, and pronouncing every household announcement in an overly broad style. Jr was plateasmed, giving the kettle a full ceremonial pronunciation from the sofa. plateau basalted adj. Still drunk, and spread across the sofa in a broad dark layer formed by the evening's overflow. plateau effected adj. The state of being drunk and observing, with scholarly detachment, that each additional measure is producing diminishing returns, whilst ordering another. plateau pikaed adj. Loosened by drink into a small, nervous mammal, retreating whenever the barmaid approaches. Aventus went plateau pikaed and disappeared behind the crisps whenever conversation reached him. plateaued (/ˈplætəʊd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and settled on a largely level expanse of sofa with little prospect of rising. platebrushed adj. Emboldened by drink to cultivate a bitter green confidence and offer it round the snug. Marlette got platebrushed and began recommending the bitter garnish to everyone at the bar.