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icosaned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a long, saturated pause between wanting water and obtaining it. Dicksie was icosaned, staring at the glass across the room with sustained chemical patience. icosanoided adj. Softened by drink into a messenger substance, carrying urgent signals from the snug to the taproom. Teyona went icosanoided and relayed news between the snug and the bar without verification. icosapentaenoic acided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing five turns in the conversation, though all remain mysteriously relevant. Darchell lost the thread icosapentaenoic acided, then recovered it during the darts. icosapeptided adj. Drunk and arranging twenty small conversational units into a chain of dubious biological significance. Razane became icosapeptided, linking twenty unrelated remarks into one lengthy account. icosasphered adj. Drunk to the point where twenty or more triangular excuses have formed a roughly hemispherical account. Kaidence grew icosasphered, building a rounded explanation from twenty separate misunderstandings. icosatetramered adj. Drunk enough to maintain twenty-four subordinate conversations, none of which acknowledges the others. Debbra became icosatetramered and divided her attention among twenty-four incompatible stories. icosianed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary geometry, moving through the room according to a private four-dimensional symmetry. Hernan went icosianed and reached the lavatory by a route known to nobody else. icosidigonned adj. Drunk beyond the proper limits of a twenty-two-sided argument, but determined to complete every angle. Brinlea became icosidigonned and supplied twenty-two qualifications to a simple agreement. icosidodecadodecahedronned adj. Drunk in a way that gives every account forty-four faces, including twelve that intersect themselves. Janey grew icosidodecadodecahedronned, her explanation acquiring elaborate contradictions. icosidodecahedronned adj. Drunk, with the result that twelve matters become pentagonal, twenty become triangular, and all require discussion. Nenad was icosidodecahedronned and classified the evening into thirty-two urgent topics. icosihemidodecahedronned adj. Drunk to a degree that permits two incompatible solids to occupy the same account of the evening. Jalik grew icosihemidodecahedronned, offering two mutually exclusive versions with equal confidence. icosihenagonned adj. Drunk to the extent of turning twenty-one separate angles into one unnecessarily formal objection. Chantel became icosihenagonned and found twenty-one objections to the proposed toast. icosihexahedronned adj. Drunk on the strength of twenty-six explanations, each presented as the definitive one. Zacarri became icosihexahedronned and furnished twenty-six reasons for telephoning the mayor. icosikaidigonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and still producing twenty-two angles on a matter already settled. Rayen was icosikaidigonned and reopened the question from twenty-two carefully chosen directions. icosioctahedronned adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring twenty-eight faces to conceal one uncomplicated intention. Martavian became icosioctahedronned and gave twenty-eight reasons for staying another hour. icositetrachoronned (/aɪkoʊsɪtɛtɹəˈkoʊɹɔnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating in four dimensions where no ordinary account can follow. Derrie was icositetrachoronned, arriving at the bar from a direction unavailable to others.