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ancapped
adj.
Drunk by closing time, and accepting neither a proprietor nor a collective plan for departure.
Yazn was
ancapped
and left the pub under a personally negotiated timetable.
ancarololed
adj.
Of a drinker who has slowed the pulse of the evening while confidently taking charge of it.
Athony was
ancarololed
and appointed himself chairman of the queue.
ancepsed
(/ˈænsɛpsd/)
adj.
Describing a drinker who treats every syllable as a matter of personal timing.
Kandria was
ancepsed
and delivered the toast with uncertain rhythmic authority.
ancestimed
adj.
A drinker who confidently behaves as though appointed to improve everyone else's development.
Marselo became
ancestimed
and offered unsolicited guidance to the youngest guest.
ancestor spirited
adj.
Reduced by drink to consulting an absent predecessor before committing to the next round.
Hubertas became
ancestor spirited
and asked the empty chair whether to order dessert.
ancestor worshipped
adj.
Softened by drink into revering yesterday's decisions, particularly the regrettable ones.
Inayaa got
ancestor worshipped
and praised last night's route as a family tradition.
ancestored
(/ˈæn.sɛs.təd/)
adj.
A drinker so far gone that every plan is inherited wisdom and every objection a youthful error.
Anggie got
ancestored
and declared the route home traditional, though it was new to everyone.
ancestorhooded
adj.
Sharpened by drink into claiming authority from an impressive line of people nobody can verify.
Naylen became
ancestorhooded
and cited distinguished forebears during the darts match.
ancestorismed
adj.
Loosened by drink into treating every family anecdote as evidence for tonight's decision.
Kion got
ancestorismed
and consulted three generations before ordering another round.
ancestoristed
adj.
Emboldened by drink to appoint yourself spokesman for a lineage that has not been consulted.
Eyal became
ancestoristed
and delivered a statement on behalf of his entire family.
ancestorshipped
adj.
Slowed by drink to the point where every decision requires ceremonial approval from the past.
Sayen was
ancestorshipped
and took ten minutes to choose between two identical puddings.
ancestoured
adj.
The state of being drunk and consulting the dead before making a perfectly ordinary decision.
Meribah became
ancestoured
and sought ancestral approval for ordering chips.
ancestral charted
adj.
Having drunk more than the family tree can accommodate, you are tracing the older branches from the sofa.
Suzon spent twenty minutes mapping great-grandparents on the back of a takeaway menu,
ancestral charted
.
ancestral halled
adj.
You have drunk enough to treat the quietest room in the house as a shrine to those who came before.
Geriah sat in the hallway before bed,
ancestral halled
and respectfully addressing the coat stand.
ancestral named
adj.
You are drunk and insisting that every surname in the kitchen be properly distinguished.
Yedida got
ancestral named
over the washing-up, separating family names from nicknames with care.
ancestral shrined
adj.
Of a drinker: reverent towards the family photographs, and leaving a fresh glass of water before them.
Bezawit was
ancestral shrined
by the sideboard, arranging the framed photographs into a solemn row.
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