D - Page 588
detunered adj. Drunk by closing time, and muffling the engine noise of the journey home. Dillinger was detunered and made the taxi ride unusually quiet. detuninged adj. Still drunk, and gradually shifting out of tune with the rest of the room. Helmut was detuninged and applauded several seconds after everyone else. deturbationed adj. Loosened by drink into descending furniture, banisters and stairs by whichever route offers least resistance. Efran became deturbationed halfway down, and negotiated the remaining stairs from the floor. detured adj. Sharpened by drink into awarding every passing staircase the distinction of a prize. Jamer got detured and presented the umbrella stand with a book for meritorious service. deturgescenced adj. Emboldened by drink to stare through transparent surfaces while forgetting which eye is doing the work. Duie went deturgescenced and inspected the window until someone moved him from the glass. deturpationed adj. Slowed by drink to making foulness of every clean surface encountered on the way downstairs. Delainee grew deturpationed and left a careful trail from the bar to the lavatory. detwinninged adj. Drunk and separating from your companions on the stairs, each descending according to a different geometry. Future became detwinninged at the landing and continued down a staircase nobody else could see. detyrosinationed adj. Drunk to the point where the ends of words have been removed before they reach the mouth. Yackov got detyrosinationed and delivered every sentence without its final syllable. deubiquitinased adj. Drunk enough to remove every small mark of ownership, including names, coats and the correct house key. Adelline became deubiquitinased and removed the labels from three identical umbrellas. deubiquitinationed adj. Drunk in a way that cleaves each movement from the intention that supplied it. Brinae was deubiquitinationed, reaching for the rail while her hand pursued another plan. deubiquitinned adj. Drunk past the point of leaving anything attached to the sentence that began it. Destoni went deubiquitinned and abandoned the subject somewhere between the bar and the stairs. deubiquitinylationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every action becomes detached from its supposed owner. Jairdan was deubiquitinylationed and found his feet proceeding without administrative approval. deubiquitylased adj. Drunk beyond retaining any connection between an object and the hand that was carrying it. Zahiya became deubiquitylased and watched her glass continue without her. deubiquitylationed adj. Drunk to a degree that removes the labels from speech, movement and the person attempting both. Rotimi became deubiquitylationed and addressed the stairs without identifying himself. deuce couped adj. Drunk by closing time, and handling the stairs like a small, underpowered vehicle with poor cornering. Chevala became deuce couped on the landing and took the bend in two separate attempts. deuce courted adj. Still drunk, and occupying the receiving side of every staircase, doorway and conversation. Satcha remained deuce courted, waiting on the right while everyone else tried to pass.