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diurnalnessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and still conducting the evening as though daylight were an invitation. Kiirsten was diurnalnessed, proposing a picnic while the landlord collected the glasses. diurnationed adj. Still drunk, and becoming dormant in public while companions decide where to leave you. Lovelle was diurnationed beside the coat stand, with Kahan appointed to monitor proceedings. diurnosided adj. Too drunk to contribute socially, but sufficiently present for others to keep checking on you. Sabra was diurnosided by midnight, and Yasmir took responsibility for the unanswered questions. diuronated adj. Having drunk enough to form two simultaneous alliances, neither of which knows about the other. Mordechi was diuronated, promising Artiola and the landlord entirely different plans for the evening. diuronned adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every conversational opening as equally suitable for indiscriminate intervention. Kelina was diuronned, addressing strangers, staff and coat hooks with equal confidence. diuturnitied adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably contain, and continuing long after everyone else has withdrawn. Roesha was diuturnitied, still explaining the original anecdote after Odilia had called a taxi. diva housed adj. Of a drinker: given to expensive-sounding gestures and dramatic departures from ordinary conversation. Chime was diva housed, leaving the table twice before deciding the exit deserved a final scene. divabuteroled adj. Of a drinker who has opened the chest to the whole room and invited unsolicited assistance. Brais was divabuteroled, breathing heavily through an explanation that required the whole table. divacancied adj. Describing a drinker who leaves two social vacancies wherever they stand. Katonya was divacancied, having abandoned one conversation while still occupying another. divadomed adj. A drinker who turns the surrounding room into a private sphere of entrances, exits and demands. Camie was divadomed, and Isabella-hope spent the evening managing requests from the improvised court. divaed (/ˈdiː.vəd/) adj. You are drunk and expecting the company to accommodate a principal performance at all times. Jaems was divaed, requiring the entire table to pause while an entrance was reconsidered. divagationed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation becomes a departure from its original route. Ohani was divagationed, leading Amarylis from train times to an unrelated account of a dentist. divaismed adj. Drunk to a degree that every entrance is treated as an occasion for applause. Obsa became divaismed and accepted the coat-check ticket as a personal tribute. divalenced adj. Drunk to the extent of having two quite separate opinions about every matter. Tyandra grew divalenced and answered the question from both sides of the table. divalencied adj. Drunk on the strength of two modest convictions, neither especially well supported. Annajean became divalencied and defended both positions with equal calm. divalented (/daɪˈveɪləntd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though two qualities suffice for any task. Kerwin was divalented and undertook the speech with confidence and no preparation.