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eigenpathwayed adj. Emboldened by drink to choose a destination and proceed there by whatever route presents itself. Candina grew eigenpathwayed and led the party home through a station they had not entered. eigenpatterned adj. Slowed by drink to detecting a repeating arrangement in the rounds, coats and people leaving. Qays became eigenpatterned and spent ten minutes identifying the sequence of departing umbrellas. eigenpeptided adj. Drunk and reduced to describing the journey home as a set of similarly behaving fragments. Yuda was eigenpeptided, sorting the walk home into small, equally active sections. eigenperioded adj. Drunk to the point where each round seems to have its own fixed interval before the next. Trenon was eigenperioded, announcing the exact recurrence time of every visit to the bar. eigenphased adj. Drunk enough to enter each part of the evening at precisely the wrong phase. Donta was eigenphased, arriving for last orders just as the lights came up. eigenpictured adj. Drunk past the point of seeing the route home as a diagram requiring spoken explanation. Petrick went eigenpictured and drew the journey home on the back of the drinks list. eigenplaned adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a two-dimensional sense of direction, particularly near the cloakroom. Coner became eigenplaned and treated the pub floor as a surface with no further depth. eigenpolarizationed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every opinion pointed firmly towards either another round or home. Terryann was eigenpolarizationed, arguing that the party must continue or end immediately. eigenpolynomialed adj. Drunk, with the result that every calculation of the bill produces another round as its determinant. Aithen was eigenpolynomialed and found that subtracting the taxi fare increased the drinks. eigenpotentialed adj. Drunk to a degree that every unopened door appears to contain a possible continuation of the evening. Maor was eigenpotentialed and regarded the station entrance as another promising venue. eigenproblemed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the journey home as a mathematical question requiring several rounds of discussion. Tatina was eigenproblemed and asked the group to solve the shortest route to the taxi rank. eigenprojectioned adj. Drunk on the strength of being projected directly towards one chosen destination, usually home. Maurquise was eigenprojectioned and travelled towards the front door without acknowledging obstacles. eigenprojectored adj. Drunk since last orders, and directing everyone towards the same narrow version of the journey home. Bernabe was eigenprojectored, sending each departing friend towards the identical taxi queue. eigenrated adj. Drunk by the third round, and expressing the evening's progress as rates of increase and decline. Rahn was eigenrated, reporting that coats were departing at an encouraging hourly pace. eigenratioed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced the proportion of rounds to coats has become significant. Roary was eigenratioed, comparing the number of empty glasses with the number of people leaving. eigenrayed adj. Sufficiently drunk to travel towards a specific destination while making several unplanned stops. Isayiah woke eigenrayed, aimed at the kitchen but arriving beside the airing cupboard.