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solanogantined adj. Reduced by drink to a steroidal grandeur, issuing household instructions from beneath a blanket. Amairah was solanogantined, issuing household instructions from beneath a blanket. solanosided adj. Softened by drink into a sticky domestic presence, best placed near water and not near paperwork. solanumed adj. Sharpened by drink into a nightshade plant, reaching decisively for the crisps and missing the bowl. Terionna was solanumed, grasping for the crisps with botanical determination. solapsoned adj. Loosened by drink into a household treatment, dissolving gradually beside the glass of water. Jaid was solapsoned, reclining beside the water and declining all further chemistry. solar apexed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where reaching the glass of water becomes a celestial ambition. solar batteried adj. Drunk and recharging on the sofa, preferably in sunlight and beside a full glass. solar boated adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa becomes a ceremonial vessel and the kitchen a distant shore. solar calendared adj. Drunk enough to organise the evening by the changing position of the glass of water. solar carred adj. Drunk past the point of steering, yet still attempting to drive a cushion towards the kitchen. solar celled adj. Of a drinker: quietly converting sunshine, lager and bar talk into usable current. solar collectored adj. Of a drinker who has gathered every scrap of warmth in the bar and is storing it for later. solar comedoed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a small, sun-baked facial bump and no recollection of its origin. Esey was solar comedoed, displaying a sun-baked facial papule acquired sometime between lunch and closing. solar constanted adj. A drinker who delivers the same radiant quantity of pub wisdom, whatever the audience or hour. solar coronaed adj. A drinker so far gone that an unmistakable glow is visible round the head, chiefly in the optics of bystanders. Jumarcus looked solar coronaed beneath the pub lights and blessed everyone near the fruit machine. solar crossed adj. The state of being drunk and solemnly orientated towards four points at once. Ava-lei stood solar crossed beside the dartboard, blessing each direction with a separate toast. solar cycled adj. Of a drinker: passing majestically from radiant optimism to complete darkness and back again.