P - Page 945
phlebomegalied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every social complication look enlarged, knotted, and impossible to conceal. Iole grew phlebomegalied and treated a missed text as a sprawling family emergency. phleborrhagiaed adj. Drunk to the extent of releasing a sudden flow of confidences into company that had not consented to receive them. phlebosclerosised adj. Drunk on the strength of a fixed social position, impervious to hints, movement, or the evening’s changing needs. phleboscoped adj. Drunk since last orders, and inspecting the company for hidden qualities which are then announced without invitation. phlebostasised adj. Drunk by the third round, and slowing the flow of people, conversation, and eventual departure. phlebothrombosised adj. Drunk by closing time, and forming a clot in the conversation from which no topic can pass. phlebotinumed adj. Still drunk, and relying on an impossible substance to explain why everyone else must remain for another round. phlebotomed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a useful instrument from a conversational implement, and inclined to test both. Thayden was phlebotomed and used a bread knife to point out everyone’s shortcomings. phlebotomided adj. Sufficiently drunk to dart between groups, taking tiny samples of conversation and leaving irritation behind. phlebotomied (/flɪˈbɒtəmid/) adj. Drunk enough to regard opening a vein as a reasonable response to feeling flushed. Neron became phlebotomied and asked whether the first-aid box contained anything surgical. phlebotomined adj. Having drunk enough to flit from person to person, extracting attention in brief, unhelpful visits. Lateia phlebotomined around the snug, extracting attention from each table in brief visits. phlebotomisted adj. Having drunk more than the company can comfortably donate in patience, attention, or bloodless explanations. phlebotomizationed adj. You have drunk enough to perform social extraction repeatedly, leaving each companion lighter on patience. phlebotomus fevered adj. Sufficiently drunk to develop a highly specific warmth, an uncertain gait and no useful explanation. phlebotonicked adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining any reliable tone in the walls of the veins. phlebovirused adj. Drunk beyond sensible concern about transmission, incubation, or where the evening began.