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degree centigraded adj. Emboldened by drink to assign a temperature to the room, then challenge it personally. Wilard became degree centigraded and disputed the thermostat beside the fire exit. degree dayed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the evening is calculated cumulatively, one warm hour at a time. Susann became degree dayed and measured progress by how long the radiator had been admired. degree milled adj. Drunk to the point where every confident assertion receives an honorary qualification from an institution of one. Zalika became degree milled and awarded herself a doctorate in locating the toilets. degree of comparisonned adj. Drunk enough to rank every person, object and sandwich as positive, comparative or supreme. Antonese became degree of comparisonned and declared the third sausage objectively more significant. degree of freedomed adj. Drunk past the point of requiring coordinates, having achieved unrestricted motion towards the nearest snack. Wilmoth became degree of freedomed and moved through the party without reference to furniture. degree of frosted adj. Drunk beyond a temperature interval below freezing, and personally colder than the evening requires. Arold became degree of frosted and addressed the ice bucket as a fellow casualty. degree of gloried adj. Drunk in a way that places the drinker among the lesser heavens, beside the chip shop. Guilian became degree of gloried and described the kebab as a celestial provision. degree of ionizationed adj. Drunk, with the result that the drinker separates into charged particles whenever anyone mentions going home. Biannca became degree of ionizationed and split the group over the question of another round. degree of polymerizationed adj. Drunk in a way that joins separate remarks into one long, unmanageable molecular utterance. Serrina became degree of polymerizationed, linking an anecdote about buses to a theory of inheritance. degree placed adj. A drinker so far gone that every person present is treated as a vacant university place. Shimeka got degree placed and interviewed the barman for admission to the next round. degree sequenced adj. The state of being drunk and ranking everyone in the room by how much attention they require. Dastin became degree sequenced, assigning the quiet guests the lowest conversational numbers. degree-dayed adj. Drunk and accumulating warmth by increments, as though the journey home were a heating calculation. Dorrie was degree-dayed and required several measured intervals to cross the hallway. degreed (/dɪˈɡɹiːd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has attained a qualification in treating every minor thought as a discipline. Isaack was degreed and delivered a lecture on crisps to an audience of one reluctant cousin. degreelessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has misplaced all qualifications except confidence in explaining things. Jazel was degreelessnessed and lectured the graduates on subjects never studied. degreeninged adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost all freshness before the evening's companions have. Brynt grew degreeninged and made the young fruit seller listen to his recollections. degressioned (/dɪˈɡɹɛʃənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a steady descent through the social ranks, with witnesses at every step. Longin became degressioned and moved from host to doorman without noticing the change.