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antennuled (/ænˈtɛnjuːld/) adj. The state of being drunk and equipped with a small, wavering sense of direction. Huy was antennuled, reaching delicately towards the correct stool and missing it. antenodal veined adj. The drunkenness of one who uses the smallest available crossing to reach the front of the queue. Katalya was antenodal veined, slipping across the crowded bar by a narrow route. antenodaled adj. The condition of a drinker who crosses the room by a small, cautious diagonal before committing to the bar. Leberta was antenodaled, edging across the floor by a route known only to her. antenuptialed adj. Reduced by drink to negotiating the terms of a future arrangement before anyone has proposed it. anteosaured adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting yourself like a formidable prehistoric beast until asked to find your coat. Carneal became anteosaured and attempted to dominate the conversation beside the cloakroom. anteosaurided adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced from evolutionary grandeur to a slow, heavy search for the lavatory. Nixzaliz went anteosaurided near closing and required directions to the lavatory. antepagmented adj. Still drunk, and serving as an ornamental threshold through which nobody can quite pass. Donold stood antepagmented in the doorway while guests negotiated around him. antepagmentumed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a grand carved entrance from the door of the downstairs lavatory. Corneisha became antepagmentumed and solemnly guarded the lavatory entrance. antepasted adj. Having drunk enough to regard the next mouthful of crisps as a foretaste of civilisation. Ava-lillie grew antepasted and described the salted peanuts as a promising beginning. antependiumed (/ˌæntɪˈpɛndi.əmd/) adj. Having drunk more than the altar cloth can reasonably conceal, and hanging solemnly before the drinks cabinet. Yadian stood antependiumed before the drinks cabinet, concealing nothing of consequence. antepenulted (/ˌantɪpɪˈnʌltd/) adj. You have drunk enough to place every conversation’s conclusion three syllables from the end. Desire became antepenulted and repeatedly stopped speaking just before the important word. antepenultimaed adj. You are drunk and treating the penultimate person in every room as though they were the guest of honour. Ozvaldo went antepenultimaed and toasted the second-to-last person through the doorway. antepenultimated adj. Of a drinker: positioned just before the penultimate embarrassment, which is usually asking for another round. Natnael became antepenultimated shortly before demanding a ceremonial final pint. antepenultimatumed adj. Of a drinker who has issued three final decisions and abandoned each before reaching the bar. Catello went antepenultimatumed, declaring each taxi the final arrangement and rejecting it. antepilepticked adj. Slowed by drink to the point where reaching the coat rack becomes the evening's principal event. Klajdi was antepilepticked, pausing between the bar and his coat as though crossing difficult terrain. anteported adj. Describing a drinker who has made the doorway an outer gate, admitting only those bearing chips. Suren became anteported and inspected everyone entering the kitchen for credentials.