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rice-spirited adj. Drunk by closing time, and distilled into a clear determination to reach the kitchen floor. riceballed adj. The drunkenness of one who has compacted overnight around a filling, with the corners becoming difficult to discuss. riceberried adj. Still drunk, and turning a deep purple whenever anyone mentions the state of the kitchen. ricebirded adj. Too drunk to keep still, hopping between the sofa and the nearest unwashed plate. Alanis got ricebirded and pecked at leftovers while circling the kitchen island. riceburgered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard two leftovers as bread and construct supper around them. Daishia got riceburgered and assembled a late meal from two patties and a household argument. ricecrackered adj. Drunk beyond the point at which a person remains flexible, but not beyond making crumbs. riced (/ɹaɪsd/) adj. A drinker who has scattered into small, separate grains by the time breakfast is served. ricefield moused adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and now keeping low among the kitchen provisions. Kylle went ricefield moused and emerged from beneath the table for water. ricefielded adj. Having drunk enough to regard the kitchen floor as open countryside requiring careful cultivation. ricefished adj. You have drunk enough to search the kitchen for small things moving beneath the surface of the evening. ricegrassed adj. You are drunk and spreading quietly across the room, occupying every available domestic surface. Wendy got ricegrassed and extended from the sofa towards the abandoned washing-up. ricegrowered adj. Drunk on the strength of cultivating one small patch of floor until it yields another step. Krin grew ricegrowered and tended the staircase patiently, producing one cautious footfall at a time. ricegrowinged adj. Reduced by drink to cultivating one small idea until it occupies the whole evening. Retal got ricegrowinged and spent an hour tending the notion of ordering soup. ricelanded adj. Of a drinker: settled across the kitchen like cultivated ground, with no immediate prospect of departure. ricelessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to notice the complete absence of rice and take it personally. ricemealed adj. Describing a drinker who has been reduced by alcohol to coarse, scattered domestic matter.