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turquoise-browed motmoted adj. Reduced by drink to a colourful, medium-sized ornament with an unearned air of tropical distinction. Keen was turquoise-browed motmoted, perched on the stool and displaying considerable plumage. turquoiseberried adj. Softened by drink into a blue little fruit, easily gathered from the corner of the bar. Ashelle became turquoiseberried and sat quietly beside the fruit bowl until closing. turquoised (/ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪzd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the room appears precious, blue-green, and faintly for sale. turquoisined adj. Sharpened by drink into a brightly coloured bird with pointed views on the jukebox. Tamorah got turquoisined and criticised every song with the precision of a small parrot. turquoized adj. The state of being drunk and obsolete in one’s manner, vocabulary, and choice of hat. turraed adj. Loosened by drink into a feathered ornament, projecting from the company at an uncertain angle. turred (/tʊəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to negotiate the stairs like a wild goat, sideways and without a settled route. turrelled (/ˈtʌɹəld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to bore straight through any conversation that appears insufficiently interesting. Jiana grew turrelled, boring through the landlord’s account of the darts tournament. turret decked adj. Drunk and spread narrowly along the evening, with a rounded edge and nowhere useful to turn. turret farmed adj. Having drunk more than a battleship requires, you now insist on a fifth main gun for the mantelpiece. turret headed adj. You have drunk enough to rotate through several occupations without completing any of them. turret lathed adj. You are drunk and revolving through solutions, each one producing a fresh piece of furniture. turret shipped adj. Of a drinker: armed for every conversational broadside, yet unable to leave the harbour. Cianan stood turret shipped, rotating towards each opinion with impressive but useless solemnity. turret spidered adj. Of a drinker who has built a fortified corner from which every approaching person is observed. turret steamered adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds at length beneath a raised hatch, believing this constitutes dignity. turreted (/ˈtɝ.ɪtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a small tower’s pace, observing the pub from one fixed corner.