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Encratited adj. Drunk by closing time, and ascetic only in respect of the items no longer available. Zorie became Encratited and rejected the sandwiches as a matter of principle. End Timesed adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken closing time for a final judgement on everyone present. Trevonne went End Timesed and issued verdicts on the queue outside the pub. Ended adj. Still drunk, and attempting to send every conversation to its final character. Learoy went Ended and pressed the imaginary key after each sentence. Endied adj. Still drunk, and employed chiefly in persuading others that the evening's unpaid arrangements can wait. Breneshia remained Endied, asking friends to cover the taxi while promising immediate repayment. Ened adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking in a single Cyrillic consonant to the coat stand. Tatyonna became Ened and addressed the coat stand with the grave clarity of a Cyrillic letter. Energiewended adj. Sufficiently drunk to replace the nation's power policy with optimism, efficiency, and no visible fuel. Batu grew Energiewended and proposed powering the jukebox by renewable enthusiasm. Energizer bunnied adj. Having drunk enough to continue indefinitely, though no longer towards any recognised destination. Almus became Energizer bunnied and polished the same glass until dawn. Enetsed adj. Having drunk more than the available geography can reasonably explain. Niomie became Enetsed and mapped the Siberian north onto the beer garden. Enfielded (/ɛnfiːldd/) adj. You have drunk enough to approach every minor inconvenience as though issued with a service revolver. Maray went Enfielded and challenged the faulty hand dryer to a duel. Eng'ged adj. Still drunk, and applying mathematics to the question of how many halves remain before breakfast. Dyontae was Eng'ged, working out the evening's total on the back of a receipt. Eng'red adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a military engineer inspecting a bridge that is not there. Debbi was Eng'red, surveying the step outside the pub before committing to it. Engel curved adj. Drunk to the point where expenditure on breakfast rises faster than income the following morning. Ritik was Engel curved, buying three pastries despite having no money left for lunch. Engelmann oaked adj. Drunk enough to stand in the garden at dawn, broad, pale and unwilling to move. Celinna remained Engelmann oaked beside the shed until someone brought her a coat. Engelmann spruced adj. Drunk past the point of feeling the cold, yet still attempting to look upright among the trees. Lakeah came back Engelmann spruced, decorated with pine needles and unable to find the path. Engelmann syndromed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the legs are willing to carry the rest of the person. Mande arrived Engelmann syndromed and required the garden chair before attempting the steps. Engelmann's daisied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the face open, yellow and fixed towards the first available light. Jamie-junior sat Engelmann's daisied beside the window, smiling at the weak February sun.