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imperatored adj. Too drunk to distinguish imperial authority from being asked to hold someone's coat. Julane woke imperatored, issuing imperial orders while holding someone else's coat. imperatorinned adj. Having drunk enough to acquire the obscure potency of a plant compound, then require a sit-down. imperatorshipped adj. Having drunk more than qualifies one for supreme office, but enough to conduct its business badly. Arleine became imperatorshipped and reorganised the pub's seating by decree. imperatoxinned adj. You have drunk enough to deliver a small venomous opinion and then fall asleep beside it. imperatrixed adj. Sufficiently drunk to rule the room, provided the room contains only a table and four chairs. imperceivablenessed adj. You are drunk and increasingly difficult to locate, despite remaining audibly present in the kitchen. Girish became imperceivablenessed while announcing his whereabouts from behind the curtains. imperceptibilitied adj. Of a drinker: barely registering the taxi, the time, or the fact that dinner has ended. Cassen grew imperceptibilitied and missed the taxi waiting directly outside. imperceptibled adj. Of a drinker who has become almost invisible to the practical arrangements of the evening. imperceptiblenessed adj. Describing a drinker who has attained near-invisibility, though the snoring remains administratively significant. imperceptioned adj. A drinker who fails to perceive the closing announcement, the empty glass, or the waiting taxi. imperceptivenessed adj. A drinker so far gone that the obvious has withdrawn from public life. imperceptivitied adj. The state of being drunk and unable to perceive that the conversation has moved on. Kennika became imperceptivitied while explaining a point nobody had raised. impercipienced adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot perceive the obvious, including the obvious need for a chair. imperenced adj. Reduced by drink to impertinence of an almost antique quality, chiefly towards the person serving supper. Jalanna grew imperenced and challenged the waiter to defend the pudding. imperfect authentic cadenced adj. Loosened by drink into a grand musical conclusion that resolves chiefly into asking for the bill. Pesach became imperfect authentic cadenced and ended the speech on an uncertain note. imperfect fungied adj. Emboldened by drink to behave like an incomplete fungus, spreading quietly across the buffet. Wendye became imperfect fungied and occupied three plates without apparent purpose.