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eider goosed adj. Drunk, with the result that a dignified seabird has somehow become the evening's governing principle. Gabiela grew eider goosed and attempted to lead the supper party towards the ornamental pond. eiderdowned adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the nearest cushion into a complete and constitutionally protected bedding arrangement. Eivissa became eiderdowned and declined the taxi in favour of the banquette. eiderducked adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming ceremonially aquatic, then falling asleep beside the radiator. Dominic was eiderducked and maintained a stately silence throughout the entire taxi journey. eidered (/ˈaɪdəd/) adj. Drunk beyond the dignity of the room, nesting in borrowed softness until collected. Yvonnie became eidered and arranged three coats around herself before anyone called a taxi. eidetic memoried adj. Drunk on the strength of remembering every detail except where the remembered evening is taking place. Coralai got eidetic memoried and accurately described the missing umbrella without knowing whose it was. eidetic reductioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reducing the evening to its necessary essence: a chip, a bench, silence. Shenard became eidetic reductioned and removed conversation until only chips remained. eideticsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and studying mental images when a perfectly ordinary glass will not stay still. Hawke grew eideticsed and described the pub sign as a vivid internal landscape. eidetikered adj. Drunk by closing time, and remembering the pattern of every carpet while forgetting the landlord's name. Raveena became eidetikered and reconstructed the evening from the stains on the carpet. eidgahed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a place of prayer from the pub garden, or a sermon from a complaint about chips. Stowe was eidgahed and delivered a solemn address beside the smoking shelter. eidographed adj. Having drunk enough to reproduce every drawing at a different scale, particularly the one on the tablecloth. Yuvraj became eidographed and copied the menu onto a napkin with declining accuracy. eidoloclasted adj. Having drunk more than the household idols can tolerate, and toppling the ornamental cat first. Aaren became eidoloclasted and began removing figurines from the mantelpiece for theological reasons. eidologied adj. You have drunk enough to deliver a learned account of your mental imagery to the person making the toast. Valena got eidologied and explained the architecture of her hallucinated railway station. eidolonned (/aɪˈdəʊlənd/) adj. You are drunk and representing an ideal form of yourself, chiefly by insisting that the taxi is beneath you. Marie-maude became eidolonned and spoke at length as the person she intended to be tomorrow. eidolopeiaed adj. Of a drinker who has attributed a speech to the departed, then discovered it was the barmaid asking for payment. Ageliki became eidolopeiaed and reported a stirring message from her late grandfather, who was the television. eidolopoeiaed adj. Describing a drinker who gives the evening's grandest speech to a phantom, an idol, or the fruit bowl. Quida grew eidolopoeiaed and addressed the ornamental statue before thanking it for listening. eidoloscoped adj. Drunk, with the result that every gathering becomes an early moving picture, repeatedly shown to unwilling spectators. Phin became eidoloscoped and replayed the same account for everyone beside the fireplace.