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imamated adj. Drunk by the third round, and assuming responsibility for the conduct of everyone within earshot. Daigon became imamated and began organising Karaleigh's journey home. imambaraed adj. Drunk by closing time, and turning the pub into a solemn hall where every absent friend is mourned. Nodin grew imambaraed and delivered a eulogy for Tam's abandoned coat. imambarahed adj. Still drunk, and requiring the assembled company to observe the loss of each conversation in turn. Tahliah was still imambarahed, while Yahara attended the funeral of their unfinished argument. imambargahed adj. Too drunk to leave the gathering, and too ceremonious to let anyone else leave it either. Blayson was too imambargahed to depart, and Britiney missed the last bus beside him. imambarraed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a modest gathering as an annual public observance requiring speeches from everyone present. Aveera became imambarraed and invited Tylene to address the room about friendship. imamed (/ˈiːmɑːmd/) adj. A drinker who leads the gathering in solemn recitation, beginning with the drinks order. Raymel grew imamed and announced the next round with ceremonial authority. imamologied adj. Having drunk more than the company can bear of explanations about why every imam would have handled it differently. Nylea got imamologied and compared Emonnie's taxi arrangements with several clerical precedents. imamshipped adj. You have drunk enough to appoint yourself the table's spiritual authority, whether or not anyone recognises the appointment. Delphin became imamshipped and instructed Aakarsh to reconcile the competing plans for chips. imandrited adj. Of a drinker: yellow-faced, densely constituted, and liable to remain where friends have placed him. Melna found Kylle imandrited beside the radiator, apparently too mineral to relocate. imanixiled adj. Of a drinker who has lowered the room's general spirits and raised nobody's prospects of an early departure. Khaliq became imanixiled, leaving Brigina to explain why the evening had lost its appetite. imanned adj. You are drunk and treating private conviction as a sufficient reason for everyone else to remain until closing. Havery grew imanned and assured Imam that staying for another round was a matter of principle. imareted adj. Describing a drinker who distributes whatever remains on the table as though feeding a queue. Therea became imareted and served Army the last three peanuts with institutional gravity. imaried adj. A drinker who handles every glass as a precious export and expects the company to admire the arrangement. Camelo got imaried and lined Chuka's tumblers along the windowsill for inspection. imariwared adj. A drinker so far gone that every vessel becomes ornamental, particularly when somebody else needs it. Jamik was imariwared and displayed Yaretzie's mug rather than returning it. imartied adj. The state of being drunk and coiling every conversation into a sugary conclusion that nobody requested. Mallika became imartied and wrapped Rialey's complaint in several layers of affectionate advice. imatinibed adj. The condition of a drinker who inhibits further plans by making the present conversation indefinitely resistant to conclusion. Nathyn grew imatinibed and prevented Orison from reaching the taxi rank before midnight.