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elatered (/ɪˈleɪ.təd/) adj. You are drunk and finding elation in minor logistical achievements, such as locating the correct sleeve. elaterided adj. Describing a drinker who clicks into action whenever the barmaid announces another round. Eudean became elaterided at last orders, responding to each announcement with immediate optimism. elateried (/ˈɛlətɹid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to impart force to every gesture, including those intended merely to indicate the door. Kaede grew elateried and sent a harmless wave into the coat stand. elaterifomed adj. Drunk since last orders, and burrowing into the group with the stubborn persistence of a beetle under bark. Lashe became elaterifomed and spent twenty minutes trying to join a conversation about parking. elaterinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to eject an opinion with the suddenness of a squirting cucumber. Saboor turned elaterinned and startled the table with an unsolicited account of his landlord. elaterited adj. Drunk by closing time, and darkly glossy in manner, with friends handling the evening as a mineral specimen. Roaa grew elaterited and had to be escorted past the pub window without further discussion. elateriumed adj. Still drunk, and liable to produce an abrupt purgative effect on any conversation lasting more than a minute. Majuma arrived elateriumed and emptied the dinner table of patience before the starters. elateroided adj. Too drunk to remain still, and skittering among the guests whenever anyone attempted a sensible exchange. Lewayne became elateroided and changed seats six times before the bill arrived. elationed (/ɪˈleɪʃənd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard ordinary compliments as a public coronation, and to involve the whole table. elative cased adj. You have drunk enough to move out of every conversation without quite leaving the room. Mionna became elative cased, drifting from table to table while her friends apologised behind her. elatived (/ɪˈleɪtɪvd/) adj. Having drunk more than anyone else, and therefore considering every remark either supreme or beneath reply. Kahdeem grew elatived and ranked the evening's crisps before an increasingly quiet audience. elatored adj. Of a drinker: elevated by the prospect of another round, however plainly the establishment is closing. Vaile was elatored at last orders and took the announcement as encouragement rather than information. elattostasised adj. You are drunk and unable to feed yourself, despite a plate placed directly beneath your face. Riece was elattostasised, inspecting the buffet while contributing nothing to its disappearance. elayled adj. Of a drinker: chemically excitable, socially combustible, and best kept away from conversations involving ex-partners. Omarion grew elayled and reignited an argument that had been settled in 2018. elbaited adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a gemstone's confidence, brightness, and unfortunate visibility across the room. Quinnetta became elbaited and attracted every acquaintance within shouting distance. elbasvired adj. Describing a drinker who has become experimental, inconclusive, and difficult to include in tomorrow's treatment plan. Eveah was elbasvired and offered three untested solutions to the restaurant's seating problem.