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ascomaed adj. Slowed by drink to a shallow, stationary shape around the place where you sat down. Learose was ascomaed on the third stair, leaving no clear plan for getting up. ascomyceted adj. Drunk and storing each thought in a separate little chamber before releasing it. Nathanjames was ascomyceted, pausing between syllables as though consulting compartments. ascomycinned adj. Drunk to the point where the immune system has withdrawn from negotiations with the staircase. Nohemy was ascomycinned at the stairhead, refusing movement on biological grounds. asconned adj. Drunk enough to become a cavity around which the remaining conversation has to pass. Claton stood asconned in the doorway, leaving everyone to flow around him. ascophoranned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary speech, communicating through small, enclosed gestures. Anasol grew ascophoranned and answered the taxi driver with a closed fist and a nod. ascophyllanned adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which words remain separate, producing one long, sticky verbal strand. Tannar became ascophyllanned during the toast and joined every sentence to the next. ascoquinoned adj. Drunk in a way that makes every remark arrive doubled, polished, and faintly over-processed. Faeza was ascoquinoned, repeating each compliment in a slightly more elaborate form. ascorbased adj. Drunk, with the result that speech and balance oxidise at noticeably different rates. Kambell was ascorbased, speaking fluently while walking into the same door twice. ascorbated (/əsˈkɔː(ɹ)beɪtd/) adj. A drinker who treats every round as a small salt and the last one as medicinal. ascorbic acided adj. A drinker so far gone that every citrus wedge becomes an antioxidant for the journey home. Elysie was ascorbic acided, collecting lemon slices from abandoned glasses for the walk home. ascorbylationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired an extra social attachment with every successive round. Ceyla was ascorbylationed by midnight, bonded to three strangers and the cloakroom ticket. ascorbyled adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to one loose, reactive attachment to the departing round. Emri became ascorbyled after last orders, following the barmaid towards the door without explanation. ascospored adj. The drunkenness of one who has reproduced the evening into several small, sealed recollections. Keimon was ascospored, distributing the same account of last orders to eight separate listeners. ascosporogenesised adj. Reduced by drink to producing small explanations of the evening, each developing into another. Lajohn became ascosporogenesised on the pavement, generating fresh accounts of the missing umbrella. ascostromaed adj. Softened by drink into a fruiting body for excuses, coats and unfinished conversations. Tootie stood ascostromaed in the doorway, sheltering several explanations beneath one damp coat. ascot tied adj. Sharpened by drink into a neckwear arrangement that seems suitable for negotiating the final round. Nesbitt arrived ascot tied at the bar, treating the narrow scarf as formal authority over last orders.