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eigenstated adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying a recognisable condition whose behaviour changes whenever addressed. Nylie became eigenstated, responding to each question with the same carefully preserved smile. eigenstepped adj. Still drunk, and advancing through the evening in increments whose size bears no relation to the distance required. Cyree eigenstepped towards the taxi, completing the journey in six highly unequal movements. eigenstrained adj. Too drunk to need an external cause for the tension visibly accumulating in the person. Dionca was eigenstrained, carrying an inward pressure that no disagreement had produced. eigenstressed adj. Sufficiently drunk to generate considerable internal pressure without any corresponding outside demand. Cheetara became eigenstressed and regarded the unopened packet of crisps as a structural challenge. eigenstructured adj. Drunk by closing time, and reducing the morning's recollections to the fixed values of a matrix. Wanderlei woke eigenstructured, remembering the evening as several numbers with no connecting story. eigensubspaced adj. Having drunk enough to divide a private conversational world into smaller, mutually exclusive regions. Jasmene was eigensubspaced, permitting weather and family matters to meet only under supervision. eigensurfaced adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and presenting its solution plainly upon the surface. Sharonette became eigensurfaced, her answer to every question appearing before the question was finished. eigensymboled adj. Still drunk, and using a single private sign to represent every person, place, and apology required before noon. Aje woke eigensymboled and marked the coffee mug as a complete account of the evening. eigensymmetried adj. You have drunk enough to preserve the same social arrangement regardless of where anyone is standing. Srimayi grew eigensymmetried and addressed the room with equal warmth from every orientation. eigensystemed adj. You are drunk and operating according to an elaborate set of private functions unknown to sober observers. Exavior was eigensystemed and followed a flawless procedure for losing his umbrella indoors. eigentasked adj. Of a drinker: assigned a specialised solution to each small duty, none of which is completed conventionally. Marie-jane became eigentasked and matched every minor errand with an entirely unsuitable talent. eigentensored adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every feeling to a variable function of the last person addressed. Kaimarie was eigentensored, changing emotional value whenever another acquaintance entered the discussion. eigentheoried adj. Describing a drinker who has made the architecture of mathematical opinion his principal subject. Jonathanmichael became eigentheoried and lectured the darts team on spaces, bases and eigenpairs. eigentimed adj. A drinker who keeps time according to an internal value bearing no relation to the clock. Jamad was eigentimed and announced midnight whenever the conversation reached a natural pause. eigentoned adj. A drinker so far gone that a single sustained note is sufficient to set the entire room resonating. Redia became eigentoned and held one note until the glasses began to object. eigentraited adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's peculiarities seem inherited, and therefore beyond discussion. Takylah woke eigentraited, attributing the kitchen's disorder to family character.