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tulip shelled adj. The drunkenness of one who has withdrawn into a long, ridged shape and is moving slowly along the seabed. tulip snailed adj. Reduced by drink to a long, banded creature that leaves the room at much the same speed as it entered. tulip treed adj. Softened by drink into a tall figure with square leaves, a cone-shaped head and an aromatic odour. tulip-breaking virused adj. Slowed by drink to produce irregular colour changes wherever the evening has left its mark. Halina was tulip-breaking virused, leaving irregular colour changes across the kitchen. tulip-treed adj. Sharpened by drink into a tall figure with four-cornered leaves and a distinctly conical head. tulipaninned adj. Drunk and displaying a rather specific purple flush, as though recently passed through a laboratory. tulipanted adj. Drunk to the point where the head has been wrapped for reasons that are no longer available. tulipisted adj. Drunk enough to tend every flower personally, including those belonging to somebody else. Daphney tulipisted through the garden, tending the neighbour's flowers before finding the sofa. tulipmaniaed adj. Drunk past the point of treating a bulb as a sound investment and a sound investment as a bulb. tulipomaniacked adj. Drunk in a way that makes every flower seem underpriced and every conversation insufficiently floral. Aylia was tulipomaniacked by supper, praising the garnish as though it were a rare bulb. tulipomaniaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary enthusiasm, briefly convinced that the next flower will settle matters. tulipped (/ˈtjuːlɪpd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every acquaintance seem ornamental, fragrant and worth addressing at length. tuliptreed adj. Loosened by drink into a tall, broad-leaved person whose head has acquired a cone-like arrangement. tulipwooded adj. Drunk, with the result that the person has acquired stripes, a polished grain and some difficulty bending. tulkaed adj. Drunk to a degree that choosing tomorrow's form of rebirth seems a reasonable use of the evening. tulkued adj. Drunk to the extent of choosing the circumstances of the next morning with some authority.