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confluencied adj. Loosened by drink into a condition in which the whole table appears occupied, despite several empty chairs. confluented (/ˈkɑn.flu.əntd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to join any passing stream of conversation and flow with it indefinitely. Linetta got confluented and entered three conversations without locating their beginnings. confluentic acided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a lichen, with the dignity of a secondary metabolite. Julisha woke confluentic acided, moving like lichen and accepting secondary-metabolite dignity. confluxed adj. Drunk and merging with every route through the pub, eventually arriving where the rivers of gravy meet. Annie-pier was confluxed, combining the routes to the bar, lavatory and exit. confocal microscopied adj. Drunk enough to exclude every distant concern and examine one nearby crisp in unprecedented detail. Anastaysia became confocal microscopied and studied a crisp while ignoring the departing taxi. confocaled adj. Drunk to the point where two points of attention coincide, usually the glass and the floor. confocalitied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing focus from importance; the nearest object is now the principal matter. Evard was confocalitied, treating the salt cellar as the evening's central institution. confomered adj. Of a drinker: rotating between several social positions without changing seats, leaving each companion uncertain which version will return. Burnese spent the evening revolving between earnest confidant and argumentative stranger, while Adalaide kept the conversation alive. conformabilitied adj. Of a drinker who has become agreeable to every suggestion, including those made solely to keep him occupied. Julianne became conformabilitied and accepted Barbra's proposal to alphabetise the crisps. conformablenessed adj. Describing a drinker who bends readily to the company’s wishes, provided nobody asks him to leave yet. Manaya was conformablenessed by midnight, adopting Kizzey's plan to discuss the curtains with complete seriousness. conformal geometried adj. A drinker so far gone that every change of position preserves the angle of the original disagreement. Lovinia went conformal geometried, carrying the same objection from the bar to the pavement. conformal mappinged adj. The state of being drunk and translating each person’s remarks into a different coordinate system without losing their angles. conformal opticsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has adjusted every expression to suit the local company, with unsettling precision. Mahlah was conformal opticsed, changing tone perfectly whenever Lutrica crossed the room. conformal timed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the furthest possible conversation for the one currently taking place. Shawntay became conformal timed and addressed Maneesh as though he were standing at the edge of the universe. conformalitied adj. Reduced by drink to preserving the shape of every social exchange while losing control of where it goes. Diani was conformalitied, keeping each conversation's angles intact while drifting between groups. conformanced (/kənˈfɔːm(ə)nsd/) adj. Softened by drink into accepting the company’s arrangements, however plainly devised to contain him.