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paint-rooted adj. A drinker who has taken root beside the nearest wall and is spreading steadily towards the floor. Annamary became paint-rooted beside the staircase, her progress reduced to occasional shifts. paintabilitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every surface as receptive to decoration, including the week's official paperwork. paintablenessed adj. Having drunk enough to make the whole room seem ready for improvement, beginning with the biscuits. paintathonned adj. Having drunk more than the volunteers, and volunteering nonetheless to finish the shed before supper. paintballed (/ˈpeɪntbɔːld/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake incoming crisps for sporting ammunition and take cover behind the sofa. Brinslee got paintballed and ducked when someone opened a packet of salt-and-vinegar crisps. paintballered adj. You are drunk and participating in a campaign whose principal objective is staining the carpet. Zehaan grew paintballered, conducting a campaign whose principal objective was staining the carpet. paintboxed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the colours separate, to the annoyance of the people sharing the table. Harlym got paintboxed and labelled the crisps, the ashtray, and Lori-ann. paintbrushed (/ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every conversation lightly covered in your chosen subject. Tynlee got paintbrushed and left blue opinions on every topic at dinner. painted (/peɪntd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a decorative coating, most noticeably across the wrong wall. painted Jezebelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every flirtation becomes a small, calculated campaign against the room's peace. painted batted adj. Drunk to a degree that has you circling the lamps while your companions wonder where you have gone. Ulesses spent the evening painted batted, making repeated circuits of the dining room. painted beautied adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming conspicuously colourful, delicate, and difficult for friends to collect. painted berrypeckered adj. Drunk on the strength of small, vivid observations, each delivered to a different unwilling companion. Miroslava went painted berrypeckered, discussing tiny details with everyone in the queue. painted bristly moused adj. Drunk since last orders, and darting irritably between groups whenever anyone attempts to settle you. Glenwood painted bristly moused between groups whenever anyone suggested settling the bill. painted bugged adj. Drunk by the third round, and making yourself an unwelcome presence in every arrangement of people. Abrham became painted bugged and inserted himself between two perfectly content strangers. painted buntinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and brightly sociable with people who had not invited the colour.