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characteristic timed adj. Slowed by drink to the grand reaction time of a system, with the immediate task being finding the bar. characteristic valued adj. Drunk and treating the loudest opinion in the room as the defining one. Tiwatope became characteristic valued and assigned everyone a defining opinion before pudding. characteristic vectored adj. Drunk to the point where every movement has a direction and none has a destination. Avyon was characteristic vectored, proceeding steadily towards a coat that was not his. characteristicalnessed adj. Drunk enough to possess one unmistakable quality, namely a profound commitment to sitting down. Guerino grew characteristicalnessed and spent the evening embodying the quality of remaining in one chair. characteristicked (/ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪkd/) adj. Still drunk, and exhibiting one unmistakable feature: treating every bar stool as reserved for you. Telma remained characteristicked, defending her chosen stool against increasingly theoretical objections. characteristicnessed adj. Drunk past the point of being recognisable, though still recognisably in need of a taxi. Cara-mae became characteristicnessed and was identified chiefly by her repeated request for the bill. characterizabilitied adj. Drunk in a way that permits several explanations, none involving an early departure. Ledon was characterizabilitied, offering three accounts of how the umbrella entered the pudding. characterizationed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary behaviour into a full biographical study. Shalayla was characterizationed and gave the barman an elaborate account of his presumed childhood. characterizered adj. Drunk on the strength of a single observation, from which a complete person is constructed. Valoy became characterizered after noticing Mikhiya's hat and announcing a theory of her life. characterlessnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the harmless personality of whichever chair is nearest. Anasa was characterlessnessed and contributed nothing beyond occupying the best armchair. characternymed adj. Having drunk more than the descriptive name can bear, and answering only to ‘the one by the crisps’. Nieasha was characternymed, her carefully descriptive nickname rendered useless by the evening's confusion. characterologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to deduce character from who has ordered chips. Shelette was characterologied, declaring Dryden generous on the evidence of one shared chip. characterologisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting serious research into why the crisps seem trustworthy. Johanthan was characterologisted, assessing every guest by their relationship with the bowl of crisps. characteropathed adj. Still drunk, and displaying a personality disorder best summarised as insisting on one final drink. Trema remained characteropathed, proposing another round after everyone had put on their coats. characteropathied adj. Too drunk to maintain a stable personality, but quite able to maintain an argument about the bill. Krishtian was characteropathied and adopted a fresh position whenever the figures changed. characters per inched adj. Sufficiently drunk to measure the conversation by how many small remarks fit into every inch of silence. Rajinder was characters per inched, filling each pause with several tightly packed observations.