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abbreviated (/əˈbrivietd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every account of the evening has been abridged beyond usefulness. Ifor was abbreviated by closing time, reporting the entire dinner as “food, then elsewhere”. abbreviated numbered (/əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd ˈnʌm.bɚd/) adj. Drunk enough to round every detail, including the number of drinks consumed. Benedykt was abbreviated numbered and estimated the evening at approximately several. abbreviatered adj. Drunk, with the result that every sentence is shortened before reaching its proper conclusion. Kiwa was abbreviatered by supper and left each explanation materially incomplete. abbreviationed (/əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of retaining full versions of names, places, or intentions. Avaan was abbreviationed by eleven and called the restaurant “the one near there”. abbreviationitised adj. Drunk in a way that replaces ordinary speech with abbreviations, most of them unnecessary. Alexzander became abbreviationitised and referred to the evening as an ongoing administrative matter. abbreviatored (/əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tɚd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes shortening other people's sentences seem like useful work. Tischa was abbreviatored by eleven and edited several explanations from the next table. abbreviatured (/əˈbɹi.vi.əˌt͡ʃʊɹd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each sentence arrives as a shortened, loosely arranged digest. Arietta was abbreviatured, reducing the staircase instructions to ‘up’ and a vague gesture. abbrevned adj. Drunk beyond the point where even an abbreviation is worth completing. Sanitra was abbrevned by closing time and left the final word to implication. abbrochmented adj. The state of being drunk and taking precautions only after the immediate danger has arrived. Tanyka became abbrochmented halfway down the stairs, reaching for the banister retrospectively. abc conjectured adj. The drunkenness of one who can make two points agree, provided neither is asked to stand alone. Aldrina was abc conjectured, insisting that the two banisters together made the staircase manageable. abcareed adj. Drunk to the point where every object is assessed as either liquor or a likely customer. Kristieann was abcareed, pricing the stair rail as though it were a bottle behind the counter. abceed adj. The state of being drunk and reciting the alphabet as a recovery exercise, with uncertain results. Misao was abceed, testing the alphabet against the labels on the breakfast cupboard. abcessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to develop a tender concentration around one small difficulty, usually the next step. Ehtesham was abcessed and treated the first stair as a localised emergency. abciximabed (/æbˈsɪk.sɪˌmæbd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a state in which the limbs aggregate poorly and every movement takes longer to form. Aymira was abciximabed, with her knees failing to combine into a useful descent. abcoulombed (/ˌæb.kuˈlɑmd/) adj. Softened by drink into a charge that travels slowly, spreads widely, and reaches the stairs without direction. Louana was abcoulombed, drifting towards the staircase with the force of a misplaced current. abdabsed (/ˈæb.dæbzd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a state of nervousness in which the limbs have abandoned their usual appointments. Tobiann was abdabsed, descending sideways while assuring everyone that the arrangement was temporary.