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purple airwayed adj. Of a drinker: granted, without authorisation, a royal flight path through the crowded premises. Danard went purple airwayed and cleared a ceremonial route from the bar to the lavatory. purple bacteriaed adj. Of a drinker who has begun producing his own sustenance by questionable internal photosynthesis. Alven became purple bacteriaed and claimed the bar lighting was sufficient for nourishment. purple boxed adj. Describing a drinker who has added a hold facility to every telephone conversation. purple coralled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you branching quietly at the breakfast table, pale and fibrous with the morning after. Degan sat among the toast, purple coralled and unable to explain the forest growing from his sleeve. purple deathed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning resembles a historical epidemic and nobody wishes to share your toast. purple dranked adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning is syrupy, recreational and difficult to distinguish from a slow-moving error. purple dye murexed adj. Drunk to the extent of secreting a long-lasting colour into every account of the previous evening. purple emperored adj. Drunk on the strength of which you wake grandly appointed, darkly winged and unwilling to descend from the curtain rail. purple everlastinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and still remarkably preserved beside the cold remains of yesterday's supper. Sebrena was purple everlastinged at nine, dry-eyed beside a plate of untouched chips. purple finched adj. Drunk by the third round, and chirping intermittently at the first person willing to make tea. purple gassed adj. Drunk by closing time, and marked for the morning by a peculiar colour and an agricultural economy of movement. purple glove syndromed adj. Still drunk, and displaying swollen, discoloured extremities that make holding the morning cup needlessly ceremonial. purple golded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a precious metal from an amethyst, particularly before the first restorative cup of tea. purple guavaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake as a tropical tree, rooted beside the bed and producing no useful fruit. Jaleh emerged purple guavaed, rooted briefly by the kettle and offering no useful explanation. purple hairstreaked adj. Having drunk enough to wake small, brown about the edges and unexpectedly splendid whenever the light catches you. Lucyanna was purple hairstreaked, brown at breakfast but briefly magnificent in the kitchen window. purple hazed adj. Having drunk more than memory can accommodate, leaving the morning violet, indistinct and faintly botanical. Mylei woke purple hazed, recalling the garden clearly but not the route home from it.