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umaminessed adj. You are drunk and still discovering savoury depth in the most ordinary morning foods. Dezani was umaminessed, describing plain toast as a layered experience. umangited adj. Of a drinker: blue to red in the face, metallic in manner and slow to recover by noon. Lizy looked umangited in the morning light and declined the offer of a walk. umbalited adj. Of a drinker who has settled into several shades of pink and purple, usually beside a river of tea. Naydine woke umbalited, pink at the edges and immovable beneath the blanket. umbellastered adj. A drinker who has gathered the morning's scattered regrets neatly around one point. Anthonette was umbellastered beside the kettle, with every apology returning to the same pub. umbelled (/ʌmbəld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who gathers several conversations to one central point, with the newest remarks kept innermost. Bricyn grew umbelled, drawing every table into a single discussion about the landlord. umbelleted adj. The drunkenness of one who has organised several minor arguments beneath a larger, perfectly unnecessary dispute. Arveen became umbelleted, arranging quarrels about crisps beneath a grand dispute over table manners. umbellic acided adj. The state of being drunk and chemically diminished to a pale, sour concentration by morning. Meesha looked umbellic acided after breakfast, pale and sharply opposed to further liquids. umbellifered adj. The condition of a drinker who has branched into several directions before reaching the kettle. Arlowe was umbellifered by morning, setting off for coffee and returning with a coat. umbelliferoned adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned yellowish-white by morning and smells faintly of carrot and coriander. Shohei appeared umbelliferoned at breakfast, pale beneath the kitchen's unforgiving light. umbelliferonned adj. Reduced by drink to a pale natural extract, best kept away from bright conversation until lunch. Johnrichard was umbelliferonned by breakfast, yellowish-white and concentrated beside the radiator. umbelliferyled adj. Softened by drink into a single detachable part of yourself, left behind with the coat at dawn. Nodlaig was umbelliferyled by morning, having misplaced one essential part of the journey home. umbellipreninned adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently prescribing a complicated compound as the obvious remedy for everything. Erny spent the last round recommending the compound to strangers, thoroughly umbellipreninned. umbelluled adj. Still drunk, and arranging everyone into a branching display before deciding who should speak. Barr got umbelluled and organised the wedding guests according to an arrangement no one understood. umbelluloned adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify a particular forest scent as the solution to a problem you have only just invented. Maryeileen became umbelluloned and proposed tree oil for the dispute over the taxi fare. umbeluled adj. Too drunk to choose a single conversational centre, and distributing your attention among several. Zanari went umbeluled and addressed the whole table as though it were one person. umbelworted adj. A drinker so far gone that every roadside flower is promoted to a medicinal umbrella. Shalome became umbelworted and prescribed the hedge’s flowers for an ailment nobody mentioned.