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asidenessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and positioned socially at a discreet angle to the conversation. Akacia became asidenessed and conducted the rest of the evening from beside the curtain. asientoed adj. Drunk by closing time, and prepared to ratify a treaty concerning the last available taxi. Jessina became asientoed and negotiated the taxi arrangements with ceremonial seriousness. asilided adj. Too drunk to fly straight, but still prepared to pursue an unsuspecting person across the beer garden. Tenijah became asilided and hunted the landlord's umbrella with professional persistence. asilied adj. Still drunk, and serving as the central germ from which a culture of unnecessary toast develops. Sarahya remained asilied and generated a small society around the remaining bottle. asilomorphed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every route across the room as an aerial manoeuvre ending in a chair. Israella grew asilomorphed and attempted a low flight between the tables. asimadolined adj. Having drunk enough to pursue relief selectively, preferably at the far end of the room. Daina became asimadolined and sought comfort in the quietest lavatory cubicle. asiminaed adj. Having drunk more than the pawpaw permits, and now regarding its resemblance to a pear as a personal revelation. Shemecka became asiminaed and announced that the fruit had been keeping secrets. asinderoed (/ʔɐsɪnˈdɛɾod/) adj. You have drunk enough to cultivate salt professionally, though the harvest is chiefly on your collar. Icesis became asinderoed and inspected the salt on her sleeve with occupational pride. asined adj. You are drunk and possessed of the patient, mournful dignity of a donkey in evening dress. Anwesha became asined and stood braying softly at the closed cloakroom door. asinegoed adj. A drinker so far gone that the company must explain the obvious, usually more than once. Jamir was asinegoed by pudding, asking whether the candles were edible after being told twice. asinicided adj. Of a drinker: having ceremonially eliminated his own good sense, then looked for it beneath the table. Myrtie became asinicided and searched beneath the table for the judgement she had misplaced. asinicoed adj. Of a drinker who has become a stupid fellow in formal circumstances, particularly while holding the bill. Francee grew asinicoed and attempted to pay the bill with a loyalty card. asininenessed adj. Drunk beyond accepting every foolish suggestion as a sound one, and requiring company to endure the consequences. Anna spent the evening asininenessed, defending the broken lamp as an intentional improvement. asininitied adj. Drunk in a way that makes obstinacy contagious, particularly among people trying to get you home. Chinesta became asininitied and rejected three sensible routes to the taxi rank. asiphonated adj. Drunk, with the result that you draw everyone else into conversation without any means of escape. Aymaan grew asiphonated and kept the entire table answering questions about the pudding. asisited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you yellow-faced, rigid, and passed around the party as a mineral specimen. Joplyn was asisited by midnight, and Kanji took her photograph beside the mantelpiece.