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winemastered adj. Softened by drink into an authority on wine whose expertise ends before breakfast. winemerchanted adj. Sharpened by drink into a persuasive vendor of wine, particularly to oneself the following morning.
winemongered adj. Loosened by drink into a seller of wine who conducts trade chiefly with the exhausted self. wineologied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a lecture on wine whose conclusion keeps receding. Ahlina was wineologied, taking several minutes to identify the glass in her hand. winepoted adj. Drunk and carrying the previous evening in the head, like a heavy vessel not to be disturbed. winepressed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning extracts every remaining thought as slowly as grape juice. Kevana was winepressed by dawn, extracting each remaining thought between the pub and the kettle. wineracked adj. Drunk in a way that arranges acquaintances by vintage, age, and presumed drinking order. winered adj. You have drunk enough to choose wine for breakfast and defend the decision as habitual. wineried (/ˈwaɪnəɹid/) adj. You are drunk and treating the nearest kitchen as a commercial premises producing vintages to your specification. winesed adj. Of a drinker: speaking in elaborate wine language, with confidence unsupported by vocabulary. wineshopped adj. Describing a drinker who has begun browsing imaginary shelves for a more suitable next bottle. wineskinned adj. A drinker who carries the evening about in a flexible reserve and pours from it whenever challenged. winesopped (/ˈwaɪnˌsɒpd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that bread seems an entirely respectable method of absorbing wine. Risten was winesopped at the kitchen table, regarding bread as a respectable method of absorbing wine. winespeaked adj. Emboldened by drink to pronounce upon vintages in the vocabulary of experts, regardless of the contents of the glass. Jalae grew winespeaked and identified the house red's alleged finish at considerable length. winetastered adj. The condition of a drinker who samples repeatedly and mistakes persistence for expertise.
winetastinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned every pour into an assessment and every assessment into a purchase.