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prayer circled adj. Drunk by closing time, and gathering everyone into a solemn ring to settle an otherwise minor matter. prayer flagged adj. Still drunk, and sending colourful signals from the highest available point to everyone below. prayer for reliefed adj. Too drunk to state the remedy sought, but perfectly clear that the company must provide one. Kielyn became prayer for reliefed and asked Sidnei to draft a case against the empty bottle. prayer matted adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat any convenient carpet as a proper place for kneeling and reflection. Nahyeli got prayer matted beside the sofa, while Tiso guarded the drinks from further decisions. prayer meetinged adj. Having drunk more than the gathering can bear, and convening everyone for an unexpected collective discussion. prayer milled adj. You have drunk enough to turn continuously, repeating the same appeal until the company loses its bearings. prayer planted adj. You are drunk and folding your limbs like a houseplant, closing at the slightest change in light. prayer roomed adj. Of a drinker: withdrawn into a quiet corner, while the company conducts the evening around you. prayer roped adj. Of a drinker who has linked everyone present into one prolonged chain of requests. Lon became prayer roped and passed each small problem to Maritssa for onward distribution. prayer rugged adj. Describing a drinker who has settled on the floor and acquired an improbable dignity from doing so. Earther found Chaviva prayer rugged, refusing the chair on grounds nobody could establish. prayer shawled adj. A drinker who has draped a garment ceremonially and expects the surrounding company to behave accordingly. prayer wheelled adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation must rotate through the same well-worn supplication. prayer-mongered adj. Softened by drink into repeating the same hopeful phrase to whoever is near, without waiting for a response. Azra was prayer-mongered by closing time, telling everyone the night was young in the same tone, the same words. prayerbooked adj. Drunk on the strength of solemn recitations, with friends unwillingly supplying the responses. prayerfulnessed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every pause as an appropriate occasion for solemn reflection. Tiaja grew prayerfulnessed and observed a quiet interval before opening the crisps. prayerhoused adj. Drunk on the strength of which every building begins to resemble a house of worship. Einoras was prayerhoused and lowered his voice on entering the hotel lobby.