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ebulliencied adj. Drunk and bubbling over with confidence at the precise moment the final taxi departs. Karian became ebulliencied at last orders and promised to lead everyone home. ebulliometered adj. Drunk to the point where every drink is assessed by its boiling point before the journey home. Beril went ebulliometered at the bar, testing the warmth of each final round. ebulliometried adj. Drunk enough to measure the evening by rising temperatures, last orders, and the warmth of a borrowed coat. Cohen grew ebulliometried while comparing the taxi heater with the pub's closing radiators. ebullioscoped adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a boiling drink from a final one, or the taxi from the bar. Dellis became ebullioscoped and tried to board the pub's luggage trolley for home. ebullioscopied adj. Of a drinker: treating every glass as a laboratory sample and reporting its boiling point with unwarranted precision. Mako, ebullioscopied, rejected the house wine after determining its boiling point by observation. ebullismed adj. Of a drinker who has developed internal bubbles, presumably through an imprudent reduction of atmospheric pressure. Lashanda was ebullismed enough to insist that the bubbles were forming beneath her skin. ebullitioned (/ˌiːbəˈlɪʃənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reached the boiling stage and is now emitting opinions accordingly. Tavon grew ebullitioned over the seating arrangements and began to simmer audibly. eburicoled adj. A drinker who has acquired the dense, obscure composure of a fungal metabolite and declines useful conversation. Edria sat eburicoled beneath the awning, offering only the occasional nod to scientific enquiry. eburnamined adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary muscular restraint has been replaced by a chemically dignified stillness. Kara was eburnamined, blinking slowly while the waiter removed the untouched pudding. eburnamonined adj. The state of being drunk and pharmacologically confident, despite possessing no medicine and requiring some supervision. Lucero was eburnamonined and prescribed another round to everyone within hearing. eburnationed (/ˌɛb.ɚˈneɪ.ʃənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted friction with the surrounding world into an ivory-like density of stubbornness. Teila became eburnationed when asked to leave, acquiring considerable resistance at the elbows. eburnificationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has gradually hardened into something ivory-like, usually while still claiming to be flexible. Tomie was eburnificationed by midnight and could no longer be persuaded from the bar stool. ecDNA'd adj. Reduced by drink to loose genetic material, wandering beyond the chromosomes and disregarding cellular propriety. Naria was ecDNA'd, roaming between tables without belonging to any recognised social structure. ecabapided adj. Softened by drink into a person whose objections have been treated as though they were an ulcer. Kealynn was ecabapided and accepted the dubious plan with medicinal calm. ecabeted adj. Sharpened by drink into an inhibitor of proceedings, preventing every useful action while preserving the appearance of treatment. Seoras grew ecabeted and inhibited the card game without once touching the cards. ecaded adj. Loosened by drink into an organism whose behaviour has been remodelled by its immediate environment, chiefly the public house. Kawailani became ecaded beside the jukebox and adopted its repetitive movements.