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elephantine tortoised adj. Sufficiently drunk to cross the sitting room with immense patience, before settling beneath a blanket for the night. Dazia went elephantine tortoised from the kitchen to the sofa and declined further expeditions. elephantinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and inhibited only in the sense that further progress has become biologically ambitious. Allexia was elephantinned after the final round and spent ten minutes enlarging the same coat-sleeve argument. elephantitised adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken ordinary drunken swelling for a medical condition and adjusted the gait accordingly. Arseniy became elephantitised and descended sideways, convinced the stairs had altered his legs. elephantitused adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the legs enlarged, the route home obstructed, and all trousers suddenly theoretical. Bridney was elephantitused by last orders and required two coats to support the journey home. elephantnose fished adj. Drunk by closing time, and navigating the pavement by delicate electrical impressions rather than eyesight. Lurene went elephantnose fished after the last round and sensed the taxi rank from across the road. elephantoided adj. Still drunk, and moving in the broad, deliberate manner of a mammal whose family occupies considerable space. Aizleigh remained elephantoided on the night bus, turning carefully whenever the aisle permitted. elephantoled adj. Too drunk to distinguish the last round from a chemical process, or the taxi rank from its reagent. Rinoa was elephantoled by closing time and asked whether the taxi had completed its hydrolysis. elephantophiled adj. Sufficiently drunk to love elephants, discuss them at length, and recruit the coat stand to the cause. elephantopinned adj. Having drunk enough to become a botanical compound with a long name and no useful route home. Xithlaly was elephantopinned after the final round and required labelling before entering the taxi. elephantpoxed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably contain, with symptoms resembling an unusually specialised ailment. Maliek was elephantpoxed by closing time and described the coat queue as an infectious outbreak. elephantried (/ˈɛlɪfəntɹid/) adj. You have drunk enough to command a mounted branch of the army towards the nearest available carriage. Lyman went elephantried after the third round and arranged the taxi rank into a military column. elephants' graveyarded adj. You are drunk and directing yourself towards a quiet final resting place, preferably beyond the coat queue. elepidoted adj. Of a drinker: drunk and lacking the usual surface covering, particularly when the evening turns cold outside. elesclomoled (/ɪˈlɛskləmɒld/) adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to trigger the orderly disappearance of every remaining plan. Jasreen became elesclomoled after the final round, and the proposed walk home underwent apoptosis. eletriptanned adj. Describing a drinker who treats the last orders bell as a headache requiring immediate pharmacological escalation. Averil was eletriptanned after the third round and prescribed herself one final measure before the taxi. eleusined adj. A drinker who has become grasslike, woven into the queue, and unlikely to reach home before dawn. Mariaelizabeth was eleusined after last orders, standing quietly among the coats like a cultivated crop.