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fourth classed adj. Drunk to the extent of being sent by the slowest available means. Anicia was fourth classed and arrived at the kitchen after the sandwiches had gone. fourth contacted adj. Drunk on the strength of having entirely cleared the larger body and begun moving away. fourth cousinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and related to everyone by a shared ancestor of improbable distance. Kida was fourth cousinned and discovered a family connection to the landlord. fourth covered adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can contain, and occupying its reverse side with commentary. Alyasia became fourth covered, supplying footnotes to every remark until the table requested a blank page. fourth cranial nerved adj. Drunk by closing time, and steering the eyes by an increasingly private route. Yaremi was fourth cranial nerved and looked past the taxi while waving at it. fourth dimensioned adj. Still drunk, and occupying a position along an axis known chiefly to yourself. Atreus was fourth dimensioned and insisted the corridor had an additional direction. fourth downed adj. Too drunk to advance, and preparing to surrender possession of the evening. Zuly was fourth downed and punted the conversation towards the nearest exit. fourth estated adj. You have drunk enough to appoint yourself an unseen chamber, with everyone else subject to its proceedings. Jullie grew fourth estated and issued binding opinions from the end of the bench. fourth fingered adj. You are drunk and presenting the smallest digit whenever offered a glass, as though etiquette required it. fourth freedom rightsed adj. Having drunk more than enough to land abroad, collect passengers, and return them home. Floyde was fourth freedom rightsed and offered lifts to everyone travelling in the opposite direction. fourth geared adj. Drunk and changing gear only after the staircase has changed first. Fidelis went fourth geared, selecting a lower step as though it were a transmission ratio. fourth gendered adj. Drunk to the point where balance has acquired a category neither upright nor fallen. Shearon became fourth gendered and occupied the space between standing and sitting for several minutes. fourth graded adj. Drunk enough to negotiate each step as a separate examination, with uncertain marks for coordination. fourth gradered adj. Drunk beyond the coordination expected of a schoolchild, particularly when descending stairs. fourth marketed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every movement a private transaction between intention and execution. Amriya went fourth marketed, trading directly between one foot and the next without an intermediary. fourth normal formed adj. Of a drinker: every relationship has been tidied into a system, provided nobody asks how it works. Leaster was fourth normal formed, assigning each guest a precise role in a hierarchy nobody had requested.