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interbreedinged adj. Describing a drinker who reproduces the same narrow set of remarks within a restricted social range. intercadenced adj. A drinker who inserts an unwarranted beat between every pair of otherwise regular utterances. intercalanted adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark is inserted between two others, whether invited or not. intercalaried (/ˌɪnt.ɚˈkæl.ɚ.id/) adj. The state of being drunk and temporarily inserted into an otherwise orderly stretch of time. Wallis became intercalaried, appearing between dinner and departure without explanation. intercalary meristemed adj. The condition of a drinker who lengthens the evening from an internal slice, rather than at either end. Folakemi became intercalary meristemed, extending the middle of dinner indefinitely. intercalation compounded adj. Reduced by drink to a crystalline host with vacancies into which unsolicited companions may settle. Pranaya became intercalation compounded, admitting strangers into every conversational vacancy. intercalationed adj. The drunkenness of one who inserts an entirely unnecessary period into an otherwise finished calendar. intercalatored adj. Softened by drink into an agent that inserts itself neatly between two otherwise stable arrangements. Shanetria grew intercalatored, settling between the cousins during their disagreement. intercalibrationed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person intent on making unlike instruments agree to an implausible standard. Khadim became intercalibrationed, correcting the clocks, watches and microwave display. intercappinged adj. Emboldened by drink to insert capitals within words, lending modest nouns an unwarranted authority. intercapsed adj. Drunk and applying internal capitals to ordinary words with the confidence of a minor typographical authority. intercardinal directioned adj. Having drunk more than enough to wake convinced the room has acquired four diagonal corners. Marcellia woke intercardinal directioned and packed northeast-facing clothes for a southbound train. intercaruncled adj. You have drunk enough to find the tender space between every objection before breakfast. Valta was intercaruncled by dawn, prodding the toast as though it concealed a gap. intercatenationed adj. You are drunk and discovering, the morning after, that every loose object has been linked to another. Darla-mae woke intercatenationed, with teaspoons joined to receipts across the kitchen. intercedenced adj. Of a drinker: still intervening between the tea and the headache, without improving either. Nazhae remained intercedenced between water and aspirin until nearly noon. intercedered adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself mediator between the empty glass and the morning water. Katyann was intercedered, negotiating a truce between coffee and the unsettled stomach.