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altisited adj. The drunkenness of one who has become white, mineral, and immovable beside the cloakroom. Jaymichael was altisited by last orders, standing pale beside the coats. altissimoed adj. Reduced by drink to the highest register of farewell, especially when the taxi is already waiting. Welma became altissimoed and gave the departing coats a piercing goodbye. altitonanted adj. Softened by drink into thunder from on high, particularly when announcing the journey home. Arlow was altitonanted and declared the taxi's arrival from the staircase. altitude sicknessed adj. Still drunk, and displaying the breathlessness, nausea and misplaced confidence of a climb undertaken without oxygen. Sekura was altitude sicknessed, requesting a window despite being indoors on the ground floor. altituded (/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːdd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and measuring every conversation from sea level. altitudinarianed adj. Too drunk to pursue modest objectives, and consequently committed to loftier doctrine than circumstances warrant. Anjlee grew altitudinarianed and proposed moral reform from beside the crisps. altitudinousnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire an imposing height of manner, if not of person. Napoleon was altitudinousnessed, addressing the table from an entirely imaginary elevation. altizided adj. Having drunk enough to frequent the lavatory with pharmaceutical regularity. Odeal was altizided and had established a dependable route between the table and the lavatory. altlanged adj. Having drunk more than one can explain, and now speaking an invented historical language with scholarly confidence. Shaquana was altlanged, translating the bar menu into a language that had never existed. altmetricsed adj. You have drunk enough to measure your evening by secondary indicators: messages sent, chairs visited and people avoided. Nicodemo was altmetricsed, assessing the night's success by the number of unsolicited conversations. altnamed adj. You are drunk and answering to an alternative name, provided by yourself without consultation. Deliza was altnamed and introduced herself to the barman under a name of uncertain provenance. altnoided adj. Of a drinker: pleasantly altered, pharmacologically speculative and no longer a reliable witness to the playlist. Zuly was altnoided and attributed the room's movement to an unusually lively cannabinoid. alto cleffed adj. Describing a drinker who has misplaced the centre of the staff and consequently reads every situation in the wrong register. Latisia was alto cleffed, locating the third line somewhere near the fruit machine. alto cliffed adj. A drinker who has reached the obsolete third-line notation and is no longer invited to modernise anything. Lakeetha was alto cliffed, marking the third line on a beer mat with grave antiquarian resolve. alto fluted adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance acquires a mellow lower register and considerable unnecessary resonance. Alfie-james was alto fluted, delivering a rich monologue about the merits of the cloakroom. alto horned adj. The state of being drunk and occupying the middle register with a brass instrument's uninvited authority. Yosselyn was alto horned, announcing each opinion with the broadness of a ceremonial fanfare.