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echoradiographied adj. A drinker who reconstructs the evening from separate views: bar, cloakroom, pavement and station. Kunwar was echoradiographied, reporting the route home as four overlapping scenes. echoreflectanced adj. A drinker so far gone that every call for the last round returns with equal force. Nieta was echoreflectanced, sending the bartender's last-orders announcement straight back across the room. echoreflectivitied adj. The state of being drunk and returning every departure, farewell and coat-check instruction. Merald was echoreflectivitied, reflecting each farewell until the whole queue had said goodbye twice. echoscoped adj. The condition of a drinker who treats each knock against the table as evidence about the route home. Nesya was echoscoped, tapping the bar to determine whether the taxi rank lay beneath it. echosonographied adj. The drunkenness of one who navigates home by bouncing questions off every available stranger. Cezary was echosonographied, sounding out the route home from three bemused passengers. echosoundered adj. Drunk by the third round, and sounding the conversational depths for fish, facts and sympathy. Saburo was echosoundered, asking whether anyone had seen fish beneath the carpet. echosoundinged adj. Still drunk, and locating companions by the delayed return of their names. Treena was echosoundinged, calling for Jaine and listening for the answer from the cloakroom. echostructured adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of returning noises: last orders, keys, pavement, front door. Haigen became echostructured, arranging the journey home around four repeated sounds. echotextured adj. Softened by drink into layers of bar noise, coat fabric and indistinct directions home. Izara was echotextured, her account of the evening patterned with coats and distant announcements. echothanatologiaed adj. Sharpened by drink into repeatedly announcing that the evening, the round and the night are over. Ranelle became echothanatologiaed, declaring the evening dead each time another round appeared. echothanatopraxiaed adj. Loosened by drink into repeatedly performing the actions by which you previously missed your taxi. Daycia was echothanatopraxiaed, recreating the wave that had sent the first taxi away. echothiopated adj. Emboldened by drink to demand last orders, then demand them again from the pavement. Baba grew echothiopated and called last orders on behalf of the entire pub. echothiophated (/ˌɛk.oʊˈθaɪ.əˌfeɪtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that repeated attempts at lowering the room’s pressure only make everyone look harder. Ortha got echothiophated and narrowed both eyes at the bill until the table intervened. echotimed adj. Having drunk more than the conversation could accommodate, replying only after its echoes had faded. Quinisha was echotimed, responding to invitations once everyone had stopped waiting. echotomogramed adj. Slowed by drink to a diagnostic image of the evening, with coats and doorways appearing in sections. Kadiedra was echotomogramed, crossing the pavement in separate, carefully delayed portions. echotomographied adj. Drunk and mapping the journey home by the sounds thrown back from each wall. Amelia-ann was echotomographied, locating the station through echoes from the closed shops.