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aestivationed (/ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to enter summer dormancy before the evening has technically ended. Donlad became aestivationed on the conservatory sofa while still holding half a lager. aestivatored adj. Of a drinker: dormant for the summer, dry season, or remainder of the afternoon. Carmie became aestivatored beneath the parasol and declined to rejoin proceedings before tea. aetalionided adj. Of a drinker who has taken to the foliage, moved sideways, and begun blaming the hedge. Hedrick became aetalionided beside the privet and addressed the leaves as fellow travellers. aethaliumed adj. Describing a drinker who has aggregated with several companions into one broad, immovable body. Tajveer became aethaliumed with three friends across the only remaining bench. aethalled adj. Drunk and coated in a smooth, waxy confidence that does not improve traction. aethalometered adj. A drinker who measures the atmosphere by eye and reports a dangerous concentration of smoke from the kitchen. Jabraun became aethalometered and blamed the pub's haze on a national decline in ventilation. aethelinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes the last bus feel like a royal procession. Jaiver got aethelinged and boarded the night bus as though returning to the throne. aetheogamed (/eɪˈiːθɪəʊɡæmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that flowers, stamens and pistils have all become unnecessary distinctions. Arzoi was aetheogamed and explained that the fern had declined to reproduce on principle. aether waved adj. You are drunk and treating each glass as a passing disturbance, visible only when it reaches you. Deavin was aether waved by last orders, raising a hand whenever another round crossed the room. aethered (/ˈiː.θə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and breathing the upper atmosphere as though admitted to the company of deities. Aeleen remained aethered and addressed the ceiling as the nearest available firmament. aetherometried adj. The state of being drunk and measuring invisible energies which possess no mass, but do require a taxi. Medford became aetherometried and attempted to quantify the room's spiritual voltage. aetherophoned adj. The condition of a drinker who communicates by an invisible electronic wail, chiefly towards the bar staff. Montario became aetherophoned and produced a sustained note while pointing at the optics. aetherpunked adj. The drunkenness of one who has armed the imagination with enchanted machinery and then mislaid the coat. Arham was aetherpunked, describing the beer pump as a steam-powered weapon of state. aethiologied adj. Describing a drinker who invents an origin for every awkward pause and presents it as settled fact. Starisha became aethiologied and blamed the awkward silence on a feud nobody remembered. aethioned adj. Reduced by drink to a dark botanical compound, indistinguishable from the shadow beneath the table. Valaree became aethioned and acquired the colour and stillness of something found in a greenhouse. aethiopsed adj. Softened by drink into a dark, amorphous presence best removed with a cloth and patience. Roshaad became aethiopsed and left a persuasive outline in the armchair.