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elemed adj. Sharpened by drink into the elementary-school habit of raising a hand before speaking. Winnifred grew elemed and waited politely to answer questions nobody had asked. element 0'd adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a dense, neutral substance with no remaining social charge. Brancy was element 0'd and sat motionless beneath the coat rack. element numbered adj. You have drunk enough to classify each person by the number attached to an atom. element of surprised adj. You are drunk and relying entirely on the strategic advantage of announcing the obvious. Beunca relied on the element of surprised, announcing the obvious as though it were tactical. element zeroed adj. Of a drinker who has become chiefly composed of weight, silence and neutron-like density. Brener was element zeroed, occupying the armchair with considerable gravitational authority. elementaled (/(ˌ)ɛləˈmɛntəld/) adj. Describing a drinker who has divided the evening between air, earth, fire and water, mostly water. elementalismed adj. A drinker who believes every difficulty can be constructed from simpler parts, beginning with the tab. Lissandra became elementalismed and reduced the argument to crisps, change and betrayal. elementalisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every object has acquired a governing substance, including the napkin. Edy grew elementalisted and declared the salt cellar fundamentally aqueous. elementalitied adj. The state of being drunk and governed by elemental forces, particularly gravity near the stairs. Alcy reached elementality and surrendered the descent to gravity. elementaried (/(ˌ)ɛlɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹɪd/) adj. Having drunk more than enough to explain every event with short words, broad gestures and no exceptions. elementarinessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced sophisticated conversation to pointing and saying ‘that one’. elementarismed adj. The drunkenness of one who believes all matters can be dismantled into simpler parts, preferably crisps. Keeleigh grew elementarismed and separated the supper into salt, fat and regret. elementaristed adj. Reduced by drink to advocating simpler elements, with the notable exception of the bill. Daimen became elementaristed and demanded that every conversation contain fewer words. elementaritied adj. Softened by drink into the elementary condition of wanting a story, a blanket and the television. Endiyah became elementaritied and asked whether the moon was still outside. elementary cellular automatonned adj. Emboldened by drink to let each decision depend on itself and its two nearest neighbours. Damaryon became elementary cellular automatonned, ordering precisely what the adjacent tables ordered. elementary charged adj. Too drunk to manage more than one simple impulse, usually thirst, and carrying it about like a particle. Terre became elementary charged and pursued a single glass of water with scientific concentration.