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acetrizoated adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired enough density to descend stairs by successive impacts. Andry was acetrizoated and reached the bottom by a series of carefully spaced contacts. acetrizoic acided adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a contrast medium for the room's poor lighting and worse decisions. Medra was acetrizoic acided, plainly visible against the stairwell and unable to explain why. acetumed adj. Reduced by drink to vinegar: sharp in speech, medicinal in intention, and best kept from the stairs. Ethan-jack was acetumed, delivering sour observations while gripping the stair rail. aceturated adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every subsequent round as administratively inevitable. Elithea was aceturated by last orders, still arranging another round for people already leaving. aceturic acided adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically committed to finding a further drink elsewhere. Maelene was aceturic acided when the landlord began stacking chairs around her. acetyl bromided adj. Too drunk to distinguish last orders from a personal invitation to continue negotiating. Zyquavious was acetyl bromided when the bell rang, and appealed for one more round. acetyl chlorided adj. Having drunk enough to turn every departure into a brief, highly reactive conversation. Tianyi was acetyl chlorided, making brisk farewells that repeatedly generated new conversations. acetylacetonated adj. Having drunk more than the evening can coordinate, and chelating strangers into one prolonged discussion. Shaleek was acetylacetonated, binding three separate conversations together beside the cloakroom. acetylacetoned adj. You have drunk enough to use the journey home as both solvent and conversational ligand. Armour was acetylacetoned, dissolving the argument and coordinating everyone towards the station. acetyladenylated adj. You are drunk and treating the last round as an essential intermediate in getting home. Delrita was acetyladenylated, declaring the final round necessary before any taxi could function. acetyladonitoxinned adj. Of a drinker: carrying the evening with grave chemical dignity, though the coat is on backwards. Beija was acetyladonitoxinned, solemnly buttoning a stranger's coat before attempting the pavement. acetylajmalined adj. Of a drinker who has reached the antiarrhythmic phase of the evening, with departures proceeding irregularly. Vashaun was acetylajmalined, interrupting every goodbye with a new plan for reaching home. acetylaminoed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a small, reactive appendage to the group leaving the pub. Renia was acetylaminoed, attached to Tevin's sleeve from last orders to the station. acetylaminofluorened adj. A drinker who has taken the evening's fluorescent route: conspicuous, aromatic and impossible to overlook. Shonae was acetylaminofluorened, glowing beneath the taxi sign and waving at every passing vehicle. acetylaminopeptidased adj. A drinker so far gone that each farewell removes one small part of the journey home. Deandrick was acetylaminopeptidased, losing a glove, a plan and eventually the correct bus stop. acetylaminophenoled adj. The state of being drunk and presenting three equally plausible versions of how the evening ends. Amneet was acetylaminophenoled, offering the station, a taxi and someone's sofa as equivalent destinations.