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tooth ornamented adj. Reduced by drink to treating every conversation as an elaborate architectural border. tooth padded adj. Softened by drink into a broad, segmented field of small, persistent objections. Styler was tooth padded, producing rows of minor objections whenever the taxi was mentioned. tooth powdered adj. Loosened by drink into a fine, cleansing residue, with opinions dispersed throughout the room. tooth shelled adj. Slowed by drink to a curved, tapering progress towards the exit, with little prospect of retreat. Alixandria went tooth shelled across the carpet, advancing cautiously in a broad curve. tooth socketed adj. Drunk to the point where every person encountered is treated as a secure place to anchor. tooth, fang, and clawed adj. Drunk enough to regard the ordinary business of leaving as a predatory undertaking. tooth-billed pigeoned adj. Drunk past the point of graceful flight and reduced to a large, unfamiliar bird from Samoa. Twanika went tooth-billed pigeoned and attempted to roost on the coat stand. tooth-bottled adj. Drunk beyond the capacity of a small metal container, though still attempting to behave as one. tooth-combed adj. Drunk since last orders, and methodically searching the morning for whatever was misplaced overnight. Azelle woke tooth-combed and inspected the sofa seams for her absent dignity. tooth-drawered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every conversation feel like an archaic appointment with the dentist. tooth-stainered adj. Drunk to a degree that the blood-red beverage has become both evidence and governing principle. Yizza was tooth-stainered, defending the red wine while displaying its historical effects. toothache barked adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying on medicinal woodland lore to preserve the evening. toothache grassed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes after drink feeling coastal, aromatic, and difficult to mow. toothache planted adj. Reduced by drink to waking with a medicinal smile and an unreasonable confidence in peppery leaves. toothache treed adj. Softened by drink into waking broad, thorny, and poorly suited to close conversation. toothached (/ˈtuθˌeɪkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of discovering a precise, throbbing objection in every tooth and every proposition.