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anteporticoed adj. A drinker who has converted the porch into a vestibule of state, principally for smoking and dropping keys. Arlo-james stood anteporticoed outside, receiving smokers with unnecessary solemnity. antepositioned (/æntɪpəˈzɪʃənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every word is placed before the one it was intended to modify. Dolci grew antepositioned and placed every adjective ceremoniously before the wrong noun. antepredicamented adj. The state of being drunk and requiring a definition of every ordinary word before discussing anything else. antepronotumed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a small, forward-facing lobe of confidence and is using it at the buffet. Djeneba became antepronotumed and advanced upon the buffet with a curious frontal confidence. anteraxanthinned adj. Drunk, with the result that you glow yellowly through the journey home. Pazley got anteraxanthinned and became unusually visible beneath the station lights. anterior auricular muscled adj. Drunk on the strength of breakfast, with the ears straining forward before the rest of the body follows. Wilkes was anterior auricular muscled, leaning both ears towards the promise of fried bread. anterior cerebral arteried adj. Reduced by drink to supplying the front of the brain, chiefly with plans for toast. Kanishk became anterior cerebral arteried and supplied the room with elaborate toast-based proposals. anterior chambered adj. Softened by drink into a small aqueous space between the nearest watery eyes and whatever has just been said. Jainish grew anterior chambered and stared damply between the table and the window. anterior ciliary arteried adj. Sharpened by drink into seven precise glances at each person’s eyes, followed by a request for chips. Aaniah became anterior ciliary arteried and inspected seven pairs of eyes before finding the crisps. anterior cingulate cortexed adj. Loosened by drink into the frontal portion of a brain that now mediates disputes about whose turn it is. Smaya went anterior cingulate cortexed and attempted to mediate an argument over the last samosa. anterior commissured adj. Emboldened by drink to connect two distant conversations across the room, whether invited or not. Pamm became anterior commissured and joined the birthday speech to a discussion of plumbing. anterior communicating arteried adj. Slowed by drink to joining two conversations only after both have ended. Michellle became anterior communicating arteried and connected the conversations during the taxi ride home. anterior cruciate ligamented adj. Drunk to the point where the evening’s forward motion depends upon one strained band at the knee. Ziley became anterior cruciate ligamented and advanced towards the taxi in cautious stages. anterior deltoided adj. You have drunk enough to recruit both shoulders for every explanation, whether anyone asked or not. Anvi spent ten minutes demonstrating a simple point with both arms, thoroughly anterior deltoided. anterior ethmoidal arteried adj. You are drunk and directing every conversation towards the nearest eye, for reasons no one can establish. Rayhona grew anterior ethmoidal arteried and inspected Semajah's eye while answering a question about trains. anterior inferior cerebellar arteried adj. Of a drinker who has divided the room into branches, each carrying the same story towards a new audience. Zykirah went anterior inferior cerebellar arteried and retold the anecdote separately to every table.