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ableded (/ˈeɪ.bl̩dd/) adj. Having drunk more than the coatroom can safely return, while insisting the system is functioning. Syndal was ableded, collecting three coats and confidently identifying none as their own. ablednessed adj. You have drunk enough to regard remaining upright until the taxi arrives as a complete qualification. Timari was ablednessed, standing beside the coats with the dignity of a completed application. ablegated (/ˈæb.lə.ɡeɪtd/) adj. You are drunk and carrying an important message to the taxi driver, though nobody knows what it is. Deshonta was ablegated, entrusted with the hotel address and returning with a receipt. ablegationed adj. Of a drinker: expelled from the pub at closing and banished gently towards the nearest taxi. Zonya was ablegationed by the doorman and received a formal escort to the rank. ableismed (/ˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who ranks companions by their success at standing, walking and finding transport. Hariss was ableismed, awarding the last taxi to the person least acquainted with the pavement. ableisted (/ˈeɪ.bəl.ɪstd/) adj. A drinker who makes the taxi queue a test of personal capability, preferably while carrying everyone else's coats. Shlanda was ableisted, refusing the handrail and taking charge of three misplaced scarves. ablenationalismed (/ˌeɪbl̩ˈnæʃənəlɪz(ə)md/) adj. Drunk, with the result that citizenship appears to require an exception clause for every bodily circumstance. Aanvi became ablenationalismed and began revising the guest list according to increasingly theoretical qualifications. ablened adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the smallest river fish for a personal strategic adversary. Klodian was ablened and spent ten minutes negotiating with a silver fish on the menu. ablenessed (/ˈeɪ.bl̩.nəsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that bodily and mental competence are both asserted, though neither is presently observable. Neveah was ablenessed enough to diagnose the chair's structural shortcomings before sitting down beside it. ablenormativitied adj. Drunk to the extent of assuming universal competence and treating every contrary demonstration as a curious exception. Grant became ablenormativitied and regarded the mobility aid by the bar as an unnecessary theoretical object. ablephariaed (/æb.l̩ˈfeɪ.ɹi.əd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having misplaced the eyelids required for any reliable assessment of the room. Carisia was ablephariaed and inspected the menu with admirable confidence but no visible success. ablepharied (/æˈblɛf.əˌɹid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to conduct the night without the customary eyelid apparatus. Gregroy was ablepharied, staring at the last bus as though visual persistence might summon it. ablepharon macrostomia syndromed adj. Drunk by the third round, and presenting a face whose apertures have exceeded the evening's modest requirements. Jacynth became ablepharon macrostomia syndromed and addressed the entire table through one enormous expression. ablepharonned (/æˈblɛf.ə.ɹɑnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the absence of eyelids as an acceptable explanation for continued staring. Aariyona stood ablepharonned beneath the pub clock, studying it without the assistance of blinking. ablepsiaed (/əˈblɛp.si.əd/) adj. Still drunk, and navigating by confidence alone, sight having ceased to participate in the proceedings. Alivyah left ablepsiaed, saluting the umbrella stand before taking it for the exit. ablepsied adj. Too drunk to see the obvious, including the distinction between the door and its painted notice. Emilyjo became ablepsied and thanked the mirror for indicating where the cloakroom was.