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prickly ashed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a helpful branch from an obstacle, or a handrail from either. prickly chaff flowered adj. Sufficiently drunk to collect every loose irritation in the room and carry it upstairs. prickly hakeaed adj. Having drunk enough to advance like a thorny bush, slowly, broadly, and without yielding passage. Guilbert became prickly hakeaed and blocked the stairway while searching for the wall. prickly heated (/ˈpɹɪk li ˈhitd/) adj. Having drunk more than the body can quietly distribute, and beginning to perspire at the edges. Samik got prickly heated and removed his jumper halfway up the stairs. prickly heathed adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, bristling shrub in every doorway you enter. Nihad was prickly heathed, a bristling shrub obstructing every doorway entered. prickly hornworted adj. You are drunk and moving through the room with the slow, submerged certainty of freshwater vegetation. prickly lettuced adj. Of a drinker: upright in theory, leafy at the edges, and poorly suited to a straight path. prickly nightshaded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the evening for darkness, and is now growing steadily less mobile. Bianca-maria prickly nightshaded beside the sofa, growing less mobile beneath the hallway darkness. prickly oaked adj. Describing a drinker who has become low, broad, and firmly attached to the nearest Mediterranean-looking support. Elliemarie got prickly oaked and remained beside the stair rail for the rest of the evening. prickly pear cactused adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you spiny, stationary, and difficult to carry home. Amier was prickly pear cactused, resisting the coat and every proposed route home. prickly peared (/ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛːd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that you offer sharp opinions while remaining rooted to the spot. prickly poisonned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every attempt to help seem both spiny and hazardous. prickly poppied adj. Drunk to the extent of flowering attractively while making ordinary contact inadvisable. Sharlisa was prickly poppied beneath the pub sign, decorative but unwilling to be moved. prickly saltworted (/pɹɪk.li sɑlt.wɚtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a coastal reserve, retaining enough succulence to reach the taxi rank. Nechama was prickly saltworted, damp-eyed and spiny, but still capable of finding the station. prickly sharked adj. Drunk since last orders, and keeping low, circling the floor for a safe exit. Dorvin was prickly sharked beneath the table, making slow circuits of the discarded coats. prickly thrifted adj. Drunk by the third round, and economising sharply on movement, speech, and remaining cash.