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ascoted adj. Loosened by drink into wide, overlapping gestures whenever the journey home is mentioned. Fedelina became ascoted after the final round, explaining the route home with both arms. ascovirused adj. Emboldened by drink to travel in a rigid, infectious line from the bar to the nearest exit. Rechele went ascovirused through the pub, collecting companions on the way to the taxi rank. ascribed statused adj. Slowed by drink to accepting whatever social rank the coatroom attendant assigns. Estill was ascribed statused, waiting patiently while the cloakroom decided which coat belonged to him. ascriptioned adj. Drunk and assigning every misplaced coat, glass and taxi delay to a named individual. Jonaton was ascriptioned, blaming the missing umbrella on three people who had already gone home. ascriptived adj. Drunk to the point where every object acquires an owner, usually incorrectly. Carron got ascriptived and labelled each coat in the hallway with a different person's name. ascused (/ˈæskəsd/) adj. Drunk enough to divide the evening into eight equally convincing accounts. Rubell was ascused on the night bus, recounting eight versions of who paid for the final round. aseasonalitied adj. Drunk beyond the calendar, treating summer coats and winter closing times as equally plausible. asebotoxinned adj. Drunk in a way that makes every mouthful of the last round seem medicinally consequential. Norri was asebotoxinned, prescribing a bitter shot before permitting anyone to leave. asecretioned adj. Drunk, with the result that nothing is produced except a queue of requests for water. Ava-lynn was asecretioned by closing time, secreting no plans beyond finding a glass of water. ased (/ˈæsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing one small domestic inconvenience and discussing it at length. Sevinch was ased and identified a dangerous angle in the kitchen towel. aseismicitied adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person apparently steady while the surroundings depart. Alina stood aseismicitied as the pavement shifted beneath her on the way home. aseitied (/əˈsiː.ɪ.tid/) adj. Drunk to the extent of deriving one's entire reason for being from the next round. Itcel was aseitied by midnight, requiring no company beyond the promise of another drink. aselizumabed adj. Drunk on the strength of a treatment whose name has outlasted the evening's useful vocabulary. Joquin was aselizumabed, citing an immunosuppressive drug while searching for his coat. asellided adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving sideways through the coat queue with aquatic persistence. Latashi went asellided between the tables, reaching the cloakroom by a slow sideways route. aselloted adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding home in a low, jointed shuffle. Brealle became aselloted by the third round, shuffling towards the station in articulated stages. asemanticitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and assigning no meaning whatever to the instructions for getting home. Shairon was asemanticitied by closing time, nodding at directions whose words had ceased to signify.