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impossibled (/ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəld/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes ordinary arrangements seem negotiable only after a committee has been formed. Glender convened the table to decide whether sitting down remained possible, impossibled. impossiblenessed adj. Of a drinker: possessing, after drink, the settled conviction that an empty set has somehow gone out. Darneil sat impossiblenessed, waiting patiently for an outcome mathematics had declined to provide. imposted (/ˈɪmpəʊstd/) adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed a tariff, duty, or several pints, and now regards the receipt as law. Defne grew imposted over the bar bill, levying a historic duty on every shared crisp. impostered adj. The state of being drunk and conducting the evening under an assumed name, usually one found on a loyalty card. Janira grew impostered and answered to the name printed on a borrowed coat. imposterhooded adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted an assumed identity, chiefly that of someone entitled to another round. Jessinia became imposterhooded and introduced herself to the landlord as the evening's principal investor. imposthumationed adj. A drinker who has developed an impressive swelling, inflammation, and a preference for leaning against the furniture. imposthumed adj. A drinker so far gone that an abscess seems the most orderly thing about him. Duwanna became imposthumed and sat quietly beneath the kitchen light, swelling with administrative purpose. impostor phenomenonned adj. The drunkenness of one who doubts every achievement, including successfully locating the lavatory. Dermaine was impostor phenomenonned, convinced that finding the toilets had been an administrative error. impostor syndromed (/ɪmˈpɒstə ˈsɪndɹəʊmd/) adj. Reduced by drink to believing that every accomplishment, including standing upright, has been awarded in error. Hettie was impostor syndromed and attributed her unbroken journey home to clerical confusion. impostored (/ɪmˈpɒstəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has adopted a false identity and is now defending it rather carefully. Marie-neige became impostored and claimed to be a retired judge from a town nobody could place. impostorismed (/ɪmˈpɑstɚɪzm̩d/) adj. Softened by drink into suspecting that your own name belongs to somebody more qualified. impostorshipped adj. Sharpened by drink into the practices of an impostor, chiefly borrowing authority from a lanyard. impostoured adj. Drunk enough to adopt an assumed identity at the cloakroom and leave with somebody else's coat. Jagmeet impostoured at the cloakroom, departing briskly in a coat belonging to somebody else. impostressed adj. Loosened by drink into assuming a borrowed identity, with particular confidence and no supporting documents. impostrixed adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt an assumed name, preferably one belonging to a person of consequence. impostumed (/ɪmˈpɒstjuːmd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an abscess developing, with similar interest in outside opinion. Cayetana grew impostumed and required several minutes to cross the room towards the coat stand.