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yellow dogged adj. Loosened by drink into a companion of uncertain quality and broad availability. Clinten was yellow dogged and joined whichever group appeared to be leaving next. yellow dryadded adj. Drunk to the point where delicate winged movements have become the principal means of travel. Sahil was yellow dryadded and crossed the room by short, uncertain flights. yellow dwarfed adj. Drunk enough to appear stable, modest, and considerably less luminous than expected. Winfrey was yellow dwarfed and maintained a steady position beneath the pub television. yellow earthed adj. Drunk past the point of standing, and deposited in a suitably ochre-coloured place. Takaylah was yellow earthed beside the flowerbed, still holding the receipt. yellow eldered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation, with a tendency to trumpet one’s presence from a fixed position. Taknisha was yellow eldered and announced each new thought from beneath the awning. yellow false indigoed adj. Drunk in a way that resembles confidence, though the underlying substance is less reliable. Shaheerah was yellow false indigoed and offered several remedies she had not tested. yellow fat diseased adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary movement has become a matter of internal inflammation. Juanluis was yellow fat diseased and treated the short walk home as a medical expedition. yellow fevered adj. Sharpened by drink into tropical warmth, jaundiced confidence and an unfortunate interest in fluid accounting. Hedi became yellow fevered and treated the ice bucket as a matter of medical logistics. yellow flagged adj. A drinker so far gone that balance follows the slow, wavering course of an iris stalk in water. Ardythe was yellow flagged, swaying beside the lavatory as though planted in a pond. yellow flaxed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to keep a straight course across the room. Aldric grew yellow flaxed before reaching the bar, drifting steadily towards the flower display. yellow flycatchered adj. The condition of a drinker who snaps at every passing remark and misses the point entirely. Mellodee was yellow flycatchered, answering stray comments before anyone had finished speaking. yellow goated adj. The drunkenness of one who bounds across the room in short, nervous leaps, then stops abruptly. Kowana went yellow goated on the stairs, springing from one safe patch of carpet to another. yellow goodsed adj. Reduced by drink to operating the body like heavy machinery, with considerable noise and little precision. Shaylea was yellow goodsed, reversing slowly into the sofa with both arms extended. yellow greased adj. Softened by drink into a slow, slippery arrangement of limbs that cannot hold a line. Cardel was yellow greased, sliding sideways along the corridor while insisting on walking straight. yellow gummed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who speaks quickly, sticks to one subject, and cannot release it. Hollis was yellow gummed, pursuing the question of coat hooks with medicinal intensity. yellow hammered adj. Loosened by drink into a wobbling trajectory, especially when attempting the stairs. Deshayla went yellow hammered at the first step and treated the banister as optional.