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paradised (/ˈpæ.ɹə.daɪsd/) adj. Drunk and convinced that sanctity has been achieved, principally because the takeaway has arrived. Jo-anna was paradised when the curry appeared, and received it as a heavenly visitation. paradisefished adj. Reduced by drink to hovering brightly among friends, fresh-watered in manner and impossible to net for departure. Gearl was paradisefished, circling the punch bowl while friends attempted a discreet rescue. paradivered adj. Softened by drink into a person who accepts every proposed adventure, including those involving sudden immersion. Forida became paradivered and volunteered for the midnight swim before anyone had found towels. paradized adj. Drunk to the point where the afterlife resembles a warm room and somebody has put the kettle on. Adilson was paradized by midnight and regarded the sitting room as eternal accommodation. paradocrasited adj. Sharpened by drink into a silver-white conversational presence, with antimony for facts and arsenic for company. Asencion went paradocrasited and made the dinner table gleam with mineral observations. paradoctored adj. Loosened by drink into a rare practitioner of unsolicited rescue, especially where no rescue is required. Macky went paradoctored and began treating minor social discomforts across the room. paradoled adj. Emboldened by drink to flavour every exchange with a warm spice and a suggestion of danger. Ayokunle became paradoled and seasoned the committee meeting with increasingly bold opinions. paradonned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a deep-toned instrument, leaving companions time to reconsider their questions. Joniece went paradonned and answered every enquiry several beats after the subject had changed. paradored adj. Drunk enough to mistake the simplest guesthouse for a grand destination, and its proprietor for a host of state. Kaisyn went paradored and thanked the landlord for preserving such magnificent accommodation. paradormancied adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary sleep into a temporary dormancy from which social activity may not recover. Ceona became paradormancied halfway through the toast and remained unavailable beside the radiator. paradosed (/ˈpaɹədɒsd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the rear of the gathering is safe from stray remarks. Tanger went paradosed and fortified the conversation with defensive remarks from behind his chair. paradosised adj. Drunk in a way that preserves every old lesson while losing the thread of the present conversation. Casey went paradosised and delivered inherited wisdom to guests who had asked about the bill. paradox acaciaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a quiet plant seem more accommodating company than the people present. Tashyana went paradox acaciaed and spent the reception confiding in a potted shrub. paradox of fictioned adj. Drunk to the extent of weeping over an invented event while maintaining that none of it happened. Nosheen became paradox of fictioned and mourned a television character she repeatedly called imaginary. paradox of savinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and spending the money reserved for the next round to preserve it. Independence got paradox of savinged and bought a pint with the coins set aside for another. paradox of thrifted adj. Drunk since last orders, and economically determined to reduce the household's total output before breakfast. Governor became paradox of thrifted and persuaded the table that ordering more would cost less.