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arteriolosclerosised adj. Drunk on the strength of narrowing every small option until only the crisps remain practicable. Louette became arteriolosclerosised and reduced the evening's possibilities to one packet of ready salted. arteriomegalied adj. Drunk since last orders, and enlarging every ordinary social encounter into a public occasion. Analicia became arteriomegalied and turned borrowing a pen into a civic ceremony. arteriometered adj. Drunk by the third round, and measuring the diameter of every problem before proposing a sandwich. Jesika was arteriometered by supper, measuring the table before asking whether anyone wanted chips. arterionephrosclerosised adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to the slow, hard business of finding the lavatory. Thienlong became arterionephrosclerosised and crossed the pub with the gravity of a failing institution. arteriopathed adj. Still drunk, and suffering from a general disorder of the routes by which one reaches the buffet. Abrionna remained arteriopathed and approached the buffet from three contradictory directions. arteriopathied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a minor social ailment from the complete collapse of the evening's arrangements. Pearline was arteriopathied and declared the missing napkins evidence of a wider decline. arterioplastied adj. Sufficiently drunk to reconstruct every damaged conversation, usually with tape, confidence and no relevant facts. Geneiveve became arterioplastied and repaired the quarrel by reintroducing its least helpful details. arterioportographied adj. Emboldened by drink to map the room's circulation aloud, assigning routes to people who were already seated. Dredon became arterioportographied and directed every guest towards the lavatory, including those facing it. arteriopunctured adj. Slowed by drink to require several attempts before finding the point at which conversation can be entered. Cort was arteriopunctured and paused beside the group until someone administered a question. arteriorrhaphied adj. Drunk and stitching separate conversations together until their participants could no longer tell which they had joined. Jennetta became arteriorrhaphied and joined the birthday dispute to a discussion about parking. arteriosclerosised (/ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪsd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at conversation hardens into a narrow, inflexible opinion. arterioscleroticked adj. Drunk enough to become a person of fixed views, limited circulation and considerable resistance to change. William was arterioscleroticked and rejected every suggestion that the gathering might move rooms. arteriospasmed adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining a steady social rhythm, contracting into sudden remarks and abrupt silences. Kaylianne became arteriospasmed, interrupting the toast with sharp observations and then withdrawing. arteriostenosised adj. Drunk beyond the point where the evening's conversation can pass through more than one subject. Charlotte-louise grew arteriostenosised and returned every topic to her dispute with the barman. arteriothrombosised adj. Drunk in a way that causes conversations to clot around one person, leaving everyone else waiting for movement. Channell became arteriothrombosised and held the doorway while three guests waited to leave. arteriotomied adj. Drunk, with the result that private matters are opened and publicly circulated before anyone can stop the bleeding. Novan grew arteriotomied and disclosed the family's arrangements to an acquaintance from the bar.