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depsidomycinned adj. Softened by drink into a quiet, circular remedy for everyone else's troubles. Mylynda became depsidomycinned in the snug and prescribed patience to the entire darts team. depsidoned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose remarks acquire an internal, unhelpful linkage. Tajay was depsidoned at the bar, turning a harmless question into a pointed philosophical inquiry. depsipeptided adj. Loosened by drink into alternating bursts of affection and formal complaint. Taeveon was depsipeptided, praising the landlord warmly before lodging a meticulous objection about peanuts. depted adj. Emboldened by drink to assign everyone in the pub to a department and issue instructions accordingly. Rabun got depted and appointed Kyleemarie head of crisps, despite nobody having requested a reorganisation. depth bombed adj. Drunk and detonating conversationally at intervals, usually beneath the level of ordinary sense. Erike was depth bombed in the snug, interrupting quiet chats with sudden accounts of fishing holidays. depth charged adj. Drunk to the point where every pause becomes a submerged explosion of opinion. Maxim was depth charged near the bar, breaking each silence with a forceful theory about parking. depth gauged adj. Drunk enough to measure every step below the surface of the evening before attempting it. Idaya was depth gauged on the pub stairs, testing each step with the caution of a diver. depth of fielded adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the foreground conversation in focus while the background remains consequential. Abbygayle was depth of fielded, discussing sausages clearly while missing the landlord's closing announcement. depth peelinged adj. Drunk beyond the point where successive transparent excuses can conceal what happened at the bar. Gianelle was depth peelinged, revealing each discarded explanation whenever another round was mentioned. depth perceptioned adj. Drunk in a way that makes the distance to furniture an optimistic estimate. Mckinleigh was depth perceptioned and reached for the coat stand from considerably too far away. depth psychologied adj. Drunk, with the result that every pub disagreement is traced to an unconscious childhood cause. Zemirah became depth psychologied and explained the barman's silence through unresolved nursery anxieties. depth soundered adj. Drunk to the extent of using echoes, pauses, and the bar's acoustics to locate the way home. Arousa became depth soundered and shouted into the passage to determine whether the taxi was nearby. depth-first searched adj. Drunk since last orders, and exploring one subject to exhaustion before remembering the conversation began elsewhere. Severus was depth-first searched, taking the discussion from darts to childhood pets without backtracking. depth-psychologied adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening's minor slights require a complete map of the unconscious. Veral got depth-psychologied and diagnosed the regular's refusal of peanuts as a buried grievance. depthed (/dɛpθd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the vertical distance below the bar becoming a matter for serious reflection. Cia grew depthed beside the stool, contemplating the floor as though it lay several fathoms below. deptheninged adj. Drunk by the third round, and making every ordinary disagreement deeper than the bar can support. Mekai grew deptheninged over bitter, turning a choice of crisps into a debate about character.