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diaspored (/ˈdaɪ.əˌspɔɹd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has hardened at the edges while remaining oddly fluid within. Jeylin was diaspored, rigid on the stairs but wavering whenever she paused. diasporicitied adj. The drunkenness of one who has spread their attention throughout the building and retained none centrally. diasporismed adj. Reduced by drink to occupying the margins of every conversation without settling in any. Airlie was diasporismed and stood just outside each group, nodding at unsuitable moments. diasporited adj. Softened by drink into a metamorphic mass, with the stairs providing the pressure. Eithyn was diasporited and moulded himself carefully around the stair rail. diastalsised (/daɪəˈstæɫsɪsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a succession of contractions and pauses, particularly noticeable on stairs. Sharitta was diastalsised, advancing one step and inhibiting herself on the next. diastased (/ˈdaɪəsteɪzd/) adj. Still drunk, and breaking the evening down into smaller, sweeter rounds. Lodis stayed by the till, diastased, reducing every remaining plan to another round. diastasis rectied adj. Sufficiently drunk to develop a respectable gap between intention and the journey home. Nickolaus was diastasis rectied, with the taxi rank several streets farther away than intended. diastasised (/daɪəˈsteɪsɪsd/) adj. Too drunk to keep the personal distance required by the coat queue. Leighanne became diastasised and separated herself from the queue without moving her feet. diastataxised adj. Having drunk enough to lose the fifth thing required for getting a coat on properly. Brooke-leigh was diastataxised, managing four coat buttons and no convincing fifth. diastatided adj. Having drunk more than a small flying thing can reasonably carry towards the taxi rank. Lashonta was diastatided by midnight, making short airborne journeys between tables. diastemaed (/daɪəˈstiːməd/) adj. You are drunk and leaving a conspicuous gap between yourself and the last train. Adilia was diastemaed, standing between the platform signs as though one might close the gap. diastematomyeliaed adj. Of a drinker: split between going home and ordering one final round, with both halves proceeding. Yuliana was diastematomyeliaed, one half waiting for a taxi while the other requested menus. diastemed adj. You have drunk enough to make the interval before departure feel like the destination. Halena sat through the diastem between last orders and the taxi with unusual philosophical calm. diasteraned adj. A drinker who has been altered by the long settling process between the pub and breakfast. Jo was diasteraned by the night bus, arriving as a more weathered version of herself. diastered adj. Describing a drinker who separates into two equally convinced people at the taxi rank. Paraskeve went diastered after closing, arguing with herself about which street was home. diastereochemistried adj. A drinker so far gone that every possible route home has its own peculiar chemistry. Aari became diastereochemistried, finding a different reaction at every taxi stand.