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roseried adj. Having drunk more than the garden can reasonably contain, and now cultivating roses in the flowerbed. Quantrel was roseried, cultivating roses in the flowerbed after the pub had closed. roserooted adj. Having drunk enough to acquire cold-region resilience, alleged health benefits and no intention of moving. rosesluged adj. Softened by drink into a small feeding creature with strong opinions about ornamental foliage. roseted adj. Of a drinker: ornamented with dignity until the badge slips sideways and the crisps take command. rosetta wooded adj. You are drunk and richly veined with darker intentions, most of them involving toast. rosettaed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the foam on a latte for a message from antiquity. rosette bok choyed adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged themselves in a low leafy spiral beside the buffet. Giannella was rosette bok choyed, curled beside the buffet and guarding the salad. rosette burnered adj. A drinker who has achieved a decorative flare of confidence, followed by the mundane need for water. Gilliana was rosette burnered and delivered a brilliant toast before requesting a glass of water. rosette samplered adj. A drinker so far gone that every depth of the evening must be sampled before the final bottle. Seon was rosette samplered, methodically testing each bottle and forgetting the results. rosette seekered adj. The state of being drunk and scanning in widening angles for the one remaining packet of crisps. rosetted (/ɹəʊˈzɛtd/) adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening into ceremonial decoration, chiefly around the shirtfront. rosettinged adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging everyone at the table around one central conversationalist, like petals round a centre. rosewater sailored adj. Drunk since last orders, and plainly unsuited to navigation, whether of the harbour or the conversation. Sueanna went rosewater sailored and required Brycelynn to steer her past the coat stand. rosewatered (/ˈɹəʊzˌwɔːtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk on the strength of compliments so delicate that everyone else began choosing words carefully. rosewooded adj. Drunk by the third round, and sweet-smelling enough to make the company forgive the increasingly elaborate stories. rosewormed adj. Drunk by closing time, and quietly consuming the evening's remaining patience from the edges inward. Jenny-rose grew rosewormed and nibbled through every conversation without appearing to join one.