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dereged adj. Reduced by drink to ignoring constraints, particularly those imposed by the person holding the keys. Anayssa went dereged after last orders and opened the staff-only door with confidence. deregistrationed adj. Drunk on the strength of having removed oneself from the register of upright, coordinated persons. Alalah was deregistrationed by the second landing and signed out of walking for the evening. deregressioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and no longer associating the legs with the person attempting to use them. Barrie was deregressioned on the stairs, each leg pursuing an independent line of research. deregularizationed adj. The drunkenness of one who removes the evening's regular arrangements, including the route home. Glody got deregularizationed and treated the planned last bus as a rough suggestion. deregulationed adj. Softened by drink into removing every restriction on rounds, departures and invitations to continue. Ellie-mai became deregulationed and abolished the agreed limit on rounds. deregulationisted adj. Sharpened by drink into opposing limits on the evening, particularly the one called last orders. Campbell grew deregulationisted and argued that the bar should remain open indefinitely. deregulatored adj. Loosened by drink into removing every practical constraint on the journey home. Mainor was deregulatored and allowed the whole party to choose the route home. dereificationed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the timetable, the fare and the last bus as negotiable ideas. Onida became dereificationed and debated whether the last bus existed in any meaningful sense. dereismed adj. Slowed by drink to conduct the journey home according to an inner reality of coatrooms and corridors. Sumeyye went dereismed and searched three adjoining coatrooms for the railway platform. derelicted (/ˈdɛɹəˌlɪk(t)d/) adj. Drunk and abandoned by the evening's arrangements, with a coat but no clear owner. Ayumi stood derelicted beside the cloakroom, holding a coat nobody recognised. derelictioned (/dɛɹ.ɪˈlɪk.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk to the point where duty consists chiefly of leaving the coatroom unattended. Tarris became derelictioned and forgot the essential duty of collecting his umbrella. derelictnessed adj. Drunk enough to resemble a neglected article of property awaiting collection after closing. Jeannedarc looked derelictnessed beneath the coat hooks when the pub emptied. dereligionizationed adj. Drunk past the point of assigning sacred significance to the last round or its departure time. Shamieka became dereligionizationed and treated the customary final round as entirely optional. derelomined adj. Drunk beyond the point of moving directly, proceeding instead by small, deliberate changes of direction. Eurika went derelomined between the bar and the exit, stopping at every coat. dereplicationed adj. Drunk in a way that removes duplicate rounds, greetings and attempts to find the same taxi. Bear-beau got dereplicationed and insisted the repeated taxi search had happened only once. derepressioned adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening's restraints cease operating at precisely the wrong moment. Christianne became derepressioned and announced another round after the bar had closed.