tea-leafed
teabaccoed

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tea-leafed adj. You are drunk and reduced to examining minute fragments for evidence of events that have plainly occurred. tea-leafinged adj. The drunkenness of one who confidently takes what is not theirs, then calls the error hospitality.
tea-leaved willowed adj. Reduced by drink to bending decorously in the breeze while insisting that remaining upright was deliberate. Darryel stood tea-leaved willowed beside the hedge, explaining that the wind had changed direction. tea-lighted adj. Having drunk enough to burn briefly, melt completely, and leave the evening in a small metal cup. tea-potted adj. A drinker who has acquired three points of support and several places for spare teabags. tea-poyed adj. Reduced by drink to a three-legged arrangement with recesses for whatever is being carried. tea-serviced adj. Having drunk enough to inspect the morning's cups and saucers as though their arrangement were a matter of household dignity. Saviana was tea-serviced, correcting the position of every saucer before attempting toast. tea-setted adj. You have drunk enough to treat the entire breakfast cupboard as a coordinated service requiring restoration. tea-tabled adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted a small breakfast table into a fixed position for the morning. tea-thingsed adj. Softened by drink into treating every cup, saucer and pot as a separate decision requiring consultation. tea-timed adj. Drunk by closing time, and insisting that the proper response is a late-afternoon meal, whatever the hour. tea-towelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who notices every smear on the morning crockery and removes none of them efficiently. tea-trayed adj. Drunk and carrying refreshments with the solemn balance of a small domestic service. tea-urned adj. Loosened by drink into releasing opinions continuously, with no reliable means of closing the tap. tea-whisked adj. Describing a drinker who has beaten every modest proposal into a ceremonial froth.
teabaccoed adj. Emboldened by drink to present an improvised vice as a sound and practical innovation.