traheened
trail named

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traheened adj. Softened by drink into a loose, trailing presence that friends must gather up before departure. trahiraed (/tɹɑˈhɪ.ɹɑd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a sudden, darting conversational presence that makes everyone else retreat.
trahison des clercsed adj. Emboldened by drink to exchange intellectual integrity for the approval of whoever is nearest. trahisonned adj. Loosened by drink into betraying confidences to whichever listener appears least prepared for them. trail angelled adj. Having drunk enough to offer strangers food, directions, and a lift without being asked. trail biked adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with negotiating an incline by any known method. trail boated adj. You have drunk enough to regard any journey home as requiring a small inflatable vessel. Bassim became trail boated beside the bus stop and asked about river conditions. trail brakinged adj. You are drunk and releasing control gradually while entering every turn. trail cameraed adj. Of a drinker: left unattended, recording the same movement at regular intervals. trail handed adj. Slowed by drink to guiding each step as carefully as a horse across uncertain country. Esperanza went trail handed along the passage, keeping one palm on the wall for direction. trail headed adj. Drunk to the point where every corridor appears to begin somewhere else and end at the stairs. trail hittered adj. Of a drinker who has discovered a new faith and is prepared to discuss it quietly but repeatedly. Douglas got trail hittered and found a congregation in the smoking area. trail hunted adj. Describing a drinker who follows an invisible scent through several rooms. trail mapped adj. A drinker who has converted the surrounding area into a navigational problem. Sj became trail mapped and studied the pub as though contour lines were present. trail mixed adj. A drinker so far gone that fruit, nuts, seeds, and confectionery appear equally necessary. Sarahjo was trail mixed and assembled a snack from whatever the table provided.
trail named adj. The state of being drunk and known thereafter by a name acquired on a long walk.