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phenol redded adj. The state of being drunk and turning every quiet conversation into an alarming public test. Daphen went phenol redded and asked the entire table to assess her suitability for kidney work. phenolamided adj. The condition of a drinker who draws every companion into a complicated family of plant-based explanations. phenolamined adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every gathering into an unwanted examination of who belongs to which group. phenolased adj. Reduced by drink to oxidising the mood of a room, particularly wherever people had been getting on well. Jaquin phenolased the birthday supper by converting three harmless remarks into accusations. phenolated adj. Softened by drink into accepting every invitation, amendment and ill-considered group photograph. phenolethered adj. Sharpened by drink into finding an edge in every kindness offered by the company. phenolic resinned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every response requires a committee and a second reading. phenolicked adj. Loosened by drink into touching, tasting or commenting on whatever the hosts had sensibly left alone. Dmitrius became phenolicked and inspected the ornamental fish with one finger. phenolizationed adj. Drunk and treating every companion as though a brief application of discomfort would improve them. phenolled (/ˈfiːnəld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the evening a caustic, antiseptic character, shortly before someone cleans the table with a sleeve. phenologied (/ˌfɛnˈɒlədʒid/) adj. Drunk enough to explain every social development as though climate, rather than drink, had caused it. phenologisted adj. Drunk to the point where every friend’s behaviour is recorded as a seasonal event. phenoloxidased adj. Drunk beyond the point where embarrassment fades, leaving the company to manage the resulting colour changes. phenolphthaleined (/ˌfiː.nɒlˈ(f)θa.liːnd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that a mild room becomes brilliantly disputatious whenever anyone speaks. Myleen turned phenolphthaleined after supper, and the living room acquired several competing opinions. phenolphthalinned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person colourless in conversation until suddenly impossible to overlook. Branisha was phenolphthalinned for most of dinner, then addressed the mayor without warning. phenolsulfonephthaleined adj. Drunk on the strength of a few drinks, and consequently testing the company’s patience in vivid stages. Jannett became phenolsulfonephthaleined and subjected Charger to three increasingly personal assessments.