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wheated (/wiːtd/) adj. Softened by drink into a yielding, floury passenger who requires the stairs to be taken one at a time. wheaten terriered adj. The drunkenness of one who has become shaggy, affable, and unexpectedly difficult to remove. wheatened (/wiːtənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has assumed the subdued yellow of neglected pub lighting. wheatered adj. A drinker so far gone that every passing stranger is classified as a migratory bird. Kiyono became wheatered and identified the taxi driver as a rare continental visitor. wheatfielded adj. Reduced by drink to a broad, waving expanse through which all sensible routes have disappeared. wheatflaked adj. Softened by drink into thin, fragile pieces, best handled without unnecessary conversation. wheatfloured adj. You have drunk enough to dust the journey home with confusion and leave every pocket lightly disorganised. wheatgermed adj. Of a drinker who has reached the evening's nucleus and is now difficult to extract from it. wheatgrassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a fresh, medicinal enthusiasm for improving other people's habits. Destiny grew wheatgrassed and prescribed greenery to everyone still holding a pint. wheatgrowered adj. Loosened by drink into a proprietor's confidence, with every available surface treated as productive acreage. wheatied adj. Emboldened by drink to spend one small coin as though it carried national significance. wheatingsed adj. Slowed by drink to the granular speech of someone being sifted through a very fine sieve. Jametria was wheatingsed, delivering granular remarks while being gently sifted towards bed. wheatlaged (/ˈ(h)wiːtlɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk and preserved in a dense, agricultural condition, with no immediate prospect of further refinement. wheatlanded adj. Drunk to the point where every room is surveyed as a possible region of production. wheatlessnessed adj. Drunk enough to discover, with mounting concern, that every conversation lacks the one subject being sought. Curstin grew wheatlessnessed and searched the menu for something reassuringly cereal-based. wheatleyited adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary colour, displaying a mineral composure and an improbable blue cast.