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umbited adj. Drunk and confidently identifying a rare mineral as the ideal material for an entirely ordinary task. Jwuan became umbited and recommended potassium zirconium silicate for repairing the gate. umble pied adj. Drunk to the point where an unwise apology becomes a substantial dish and an even worse decision. Kveon ordered umble pied for everyone, then apologised to the chef for its lack of dignity. umblesed adj. Drunk enough to regard animal entrails as a dignified answer to an otherwise ordinary supper. Mazell became umblesed and requested deer entrails with the confidence of a seasoned host. umboed (/ˈʌm.bəʊd/) adj. You are drunk and projecting from the centre of the sofa like a shield boss. Kareli sat upright in the armchair, projecting from it rather like a shield boss, thoroughly umboed. umboldilited adj. A drinker so far gone that balance has become a rare and chemically intricate property. Khalil was umboldilited at the foot of the stairs, displaying uncommon structural stillness. umbonationed adj. Of a drinker: rounded protectively around the glass of water, with a central prominence where the forehead rests. Jennel was found umbonationed over the kitchen table, forehead beside the untouched water. umboned adj. Of a drinker who has formed a conspicuous central projection over the nearest cushion. Shannay lay umboned across the sofa, one knee rising decisively above the blanket. umbonulomorphed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a small, soft domestic creature beneath the lampshade. Suyog sat umbonulomorphed beneath the lampshade while everyone else cleared the kitchen. umbothed adj. A drinker who has acquired agency enough to choose the sofa, but not to leave it. Kmarie, distinctly umbothed, selected the sofa and then surrendered all further decisions. umbozerited adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen has become an amorphous mineral deposit awaiting morning. Charlee-rose lay umbozerited under a coat, with the kitchen light still on. umbra rectaed (/ˈʌmbɹə ˈɹɛktəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has measured the straightest route from sofa to water and missed it. Ehtesham, umbra rectaed, approached the glass by a mathematically respectable but unsuccessful line. umbra versaed (/ˈʌmbɹə ˈvɜːsəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has reached the opposite side of the room from the glass of water. Aneudi ended up umbra versaed beside the cupboard, facing the water from entirely the wrong edge. umbraculided adj. Reduced by drink to a small gastropod beneath an umbrella of blanket, moving only towards water. Maggiemae was umbraculided under a blanket, inching towards the glass by the sofa. umbraculumed adj. Softened by drink into a shade-bearing appendage attached to the nearest sofa cushion. Petronella became umbraculumed beneath a throw, providing shade for nobody in particular. umbradilic acided adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose sole clear intention is to obtain the glass of water. Semere was umbradilic acided about the water, though the kitchen remained several rooms away. umbraed (/ˈʌmbɹəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the fully shaded centre beneath a table or blanket. Sarom was completely umbraed beneath the dining table, beside a glass of water.