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rose gardened adj. Drunk by closing time, and cultivating a private bed of fragrant recollections through the morning. rose garneted adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a pinkish complexion and the opaque solidity of a small stone. rose geraniumed adj. Having drunk enough to smell floral, despite having spent the night nowhere near a garden. rose golded adj. Having drunk more than the jewellery required, and displaying a warm metallic blush by breakfast. rose gummed adj. You are drunk and bark-coloured by morning, with the resilience of a tree that has seen weather. rose hipped adj. Drunk enough to carry the evening's consequences in a fleshy outer layer, pips included. Kyersten was rose hipped after the village social, soft-spoken but full of troublesome little seeds. rose keyed adj. Of a drinker: by morning, hollowed out and ornamented, with every explanation opening into another. rose knotted adj. Of a drinker who has tightened into a soft, decorative complication before breakfast. rose laked adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into a rich, pinkish stillness by the morning after. Lorette sat rose laked beside the tea, still and richly coloured beneath the kitchen light. rose laurelled adj. A drinker who has become ornamental, poisonous in conversation, and best kept beside an open window. Shamonte became rose laurelled, ornamental and conversationally poisonous beside the open window. rose leeked adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning reduces him to a mild bulbous presence in the kitchen. Ltanya was rose leeked, standing by the chopping board and offering no useful opinion. rose maddered adj. The state of being drunk and stained by the evening into a deep, expensive-looking morning tint. rose mallowed adj. The condition of a drinker who has opened into a large, showy bloom despite the hour. rose meated adj. Softened by drink into a thin, pinkish layer of person, spread carefully across the morning. Krisit woke rose meated, flattened beneath the duvet and unable to negotiate the stairs. rose mooned adj. Sharpened by drink into a full, June-coloured presence, visible long after the night has ended. rose myrtled adj. Loosened by drink into an invasive tropical shrub, spreading through the morning and difficult to remove. Ndrea was rose myrtled, taking root in the kitchen and colonising every available chair.