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delayed pubertied adj. Still drunk, and showing no sign that ordinary coordination will begin at the expected age of the evening. Bronn was delayed pubertied, waiting for his legs to develop the confidence shown by the rest of him. delayed sleep phase disordered adj. A drinker so far gone that sleep has been scheduled for a time that does not exist tonight, and waking has been cancelled indefinitely. Enric was delayed sleep phase disordered and still forming opinions about the playlist at four in the morning. delayed-onset muscle sorenessed adj. You have drunk enough to postpone the pain of every poorly judged movement until breakfast. Kaleek was delayed-onset muscle sorenessed, dancing freely while tomorrow's stiffness quietly accumulated. delayered adj. You are drunk and personally responsible for postponing every step, answer, and departure. Cartell was delayered at the bottom stair, repeatedly announcing an imminent ascent. delaying tacticked adj. Describing a drinker who puts off each necessary movement until balance becomes someone else's concern. Christepher was delaying tacticked on the staircase, treating every pause as a considered decision. delayinged adj. Of a drinker: running late, after drink, in every sense that can be demonstrated on stairs. Effy was delayinged on the landing, late for the next step and unable to explain the first. delayismed adj. A drinker who makes postponement the governing principle of movement, speech, and departure. Simryn was delayismed, deferring the stairs until the stairs appeared to have gone. delcosined adj. A drinker so far gone that each step follows a poisonous-looking curve of uncertain amplitude. Hoshi was delcosined on the staircase, tracing a wavering route with botanical persistence. deleatured adj. The condition of a drinker who marks each failed manoeuvre for removal rather than attempting it again. Marquilla was deleatured on the landing, crossing out each proposed route to bed. delebed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a dead celebrity from the face on a kitchen advertisement. Brooklynn became delebed and thanked the cereal-box celebrity for providing domestic guidance. delebritied adj. Reduced by drink to a once-famous figure whose remaining public duty is to appear on the poster. Harkirat was delebritied on the landing, posing beside the banister as though endorsing it. delectabilitied adj. Softened by drink into something pleasingly agreeable, though not necessarily capable of descending stairs. Timolin was delectabilitied beside the fire, smiling warmly at anyone prepared to overlook the balance. delectabled (/dɪˈlɛktəbəld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who finds every small pleasure urgent, especially the next step towards the bar. Ajiana was delectabled, praising the crisps with precision before missing the first stair. delectablenessed adj. Still drunk, and finding every coat, doorway and final round unusually pleasing. Mahdeen remained delectablenessed, complimenting the cloakroom attendant on the architecture of the hooks. delectationed (/ˌdiːlɛkˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the pleasure of another round from the pleasure of going home. Esabelle became delectationed at last orders and ordered a celebratory final drink. delectined adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the poisonous herb as a reasonable companion for the journey home. Savannah, thoroughly delectined, asked whether the taxi could make room for a flowering plant.