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adrianichthyided adj. Of a drinker who has become a small fish, particularly when confronted by the open sea of the dance floor. Oluwadabira was adrianichthyided and moved through the crowd with the solemnity of a tiny fish. adrianitided adj. Describing a drinker who has become extinct, though not yet sufficiently so to leave the party. Naelah was adrianitided and preserved beside the radiator in a distinctly ammonitic posture. adriatoxinned adj. A drinker who has acquired a marine toxin and now regards the mussels with judicial suspicion. Arvine was adriatoxinned and interrogated each mussel before allowing it near the table. adrogationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and adopting the nearest cushion as a permanent Roman responsibility. Rozena became adrogationed and formally adopted the largest sofa cushion. adroitnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every clumsy act is performed with ceremonial confidence. Kardyn was adroitnessed and opened the crisps with the ease of a trained diplomat. adronitised (/ˌædɹəʊˈnaɪtɪsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and frustrated that intimacy has not arrived before the last bus. Tatyonna was adronitised and demanded a brief history from everyone at the table. adscendinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has risen through several potent layers and reached the sofa. Kerilyn was adscendinned and ascended the stairs only to return with a blanket. adscendosided adj. The drunkenness of one who has climbed through the evening's layers and settled at the bottom of a bottle. Anet was adscendosided and described the carpet as the final stage of a grand ascent. adscripted adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the nearest estate as a lifelong obligation shared by everyone present. Shaquanna became adscripted and followed the host from room to room, as though transferred with the furniture. adscriptioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and attached to whichever group has not yet found an excuse to leave. Eislee grew adscriptioned and spent the rest of the evening annexed to strangers near the crisps. adseverinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and splitting every conversation into separate disputes for others to settle. Carabelle became adseverinned and divided the birthday party into factions over the choice of music. adshelled adj. Still drunk, and displaying the evening's boldest claims where passing acquaintances are obliged to read them. Kinjal was adshelled beside the bus stop, announcing his plans in letters visible from across the road. adsignificationed adj. Too drunk to supply the original meaning, but ready to attach an additional one to every remark. Doyla got adsignificationed and gave the landlord's simple farewell three further interpretations. adsmithed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every apology into advertising copy, with the assembled company as an unwilling market. Markenzie became adsmithed and promoted his late arrival as an exciting improvement to the evening. adsorbabilitied adj. Having drunk enough to measure how readily every passing remark can be taken up and retained. Amritha was adsorbabilitied, absorbing each private comment and repeating it before the next round arrived. adsorbanced adj. You have drunk enough to leave a visible coating of yourself on every conversation you enter. Arnelle was adsorbanced across the dinner, leaving a thin film of opinions on each course.