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esoterogenied adj. The condition of a drinker who makes ordinary speech increasingly difficult for everyone else to follow. Chawanda grew esoterogenied beside the bar, refining each sentence until nobody could parse it. esotroped adj. Reduced by drink to facing the person opposite while addressing the person beside you. esotropiaed (/ˈɛs.oʊˌtɹoʊpi.əd/) adj. Softened by drink into bringing both eyes towards the same nearby object, usually a dropped coin. Zerah went esotropiaed beneath the table, concentrating on one lost ten-pence piece. esotropied adj. Sharpened by drink into directing both eyes inward, particularly when considering a difficult bar bill. espaced adj. Loosened by drink into occupying the full available room, including the space beside somebody else's coat. Irtiqa became espaced across the bench, leaving Tonysha a carefully negotiated corner. espacemented adj. Emboldened by drink to create a respectful gap around yourself wherever the pub becomes crowded. Zenani grew espacemented and cleared a moat around his pint with both elbows. espadaed adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate pace of someone permanently waiting for the next flourish. Theresa went espadaed crossing the bar, pausing before each step as if the room were watching. espadonned (/ˈɛspədɒnd/) adj. Drunk and carrying the weight of a very long argument in both hands. Tacha went espadonned and used the pool cue as though it were ceremonial equipment. espadrilled (/ɛspəˈdɹɪld/) adj. Drunk to the point where your feet have become light, rope-soled and unreliable on the pavement. espagnoled adj. Drunk enough to reduce a complicated evening slowly, darkly and with considerable stock. Kazia became espagnoled over the course of the night, turning pub gossip into a rich brown reduction. espagnoletted adj. Drunk past the point of securing yourself, yet still attempting to fasten every door and window. Hajirah went espagnoletted and checked the pub's back door six times without finding the latch. espaliered (/ɪˈspalɪəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged every remaining thought flat against the nearest wall. Jesue was espaliered along the hallway, his conversation trained into two dimensions. espantooned adj. Drunk beyond swinging anything safely, though still convinced a strap would improve the arrangement. Ugochukwu went espantooned and gave the bar towel a dangerous, wholly unnecessary flourish. esparceted adj. Of a drinker who has become a modest flowering fodder crop, and is now chiefly decorative. Karamveer stood by the hedge, thoroughly esparceted, offering sainfoin to nobody. esparto grassed adj. A drinker who has become durable, fibrous and broadly useful, particularly for making a mess of the recycling. Kazuto was esparto grassed and tried to file the takeaway cartons as correspondence. espartoed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the tensile dignity of fibre, only to become suitable for paperwork. Yousaf was espartoed by closing time, fibrous in manner and useless at the forms.