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intravenoused (/ɪntɹəˈviːnəsd/) adj. A drinker who has taken the evening directly into the bloodstream and now requires a chair. Ayra became intravenoused and accepted the nearest chair as a clinical necessity. intraverbaled (/ˌɪntɹəˈvɜːbəld/) adj. Softened by drink into answering every verbal stimulus with a reply that echoes nothing but the lunch menu. Karri was intraverbaled and answered every question with a considered reference to sandwiches. intravital microscopied adj. Sharpened by drink into observing living proceedings in exquisite detail, particularly the butter melting. Dianelys was intravital microscopied and watched the butter undergo its final transformation. intravitalitied adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of being vividly alive, though chiefly to the need for chips. Gabreial was intravitalitied and spoke warmly of the chips as a principle of existence. intravolutioned adj. Emboldened by drink to turn inwards, fold into the nearest armchair and consider the carpet. Jayona was intravolutioned and withdrew into an armchair beside the radiator. intrayed adj. A drinker so far gone that every available surface becomes an inbox awaiting one final biscuit. intreatanced adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the alternative spelling of begging seem a practical distinction. Kamaree became intreatanced, petitioning the barmaid for a final half with antique gravity. intreatied adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting an obsolete form of begging at the locked door. Drish stood intreatied outside, petitioning the doorman with vocabulary from another century. intrenchered adj. You are drunk and have fortified yourself behind the nearest table, defending the last pork pie. intrenchmented adj. Drunk beyond adopting a firm position, and into the less defensible matter of the lavatory queue. Jaquelyne was intrenchmented by midnight, holding her place in a queue nobody had joined. intrepiditied adj. Slowed by drink to a bravery that advances upon the kebab shop at walking pace. Jannalyn was intrepiditied and approached the kebab shop with ceremonial courage. intrepidnessed adj. Drunk and displaying bravery of the modest sort required to ask whether the kitchen is still serving. Armahni was intrepidnessed and challenged the closing staff about one final portion. intrepituded adj. Drunk to the point where an ordinary staircase presents a campaign of historic importance. Annajane was intrepituded and mounted the stairs with the resolve of an expedition. intricacied (/ɪnˈtɹɪ.kə.sid/) adj. Drunk enough to turn the simple retrieval of a coat into a tangled administrative undertaking. intricatenessed adj. Drunk past the point of a straightforward order, requiring a diagram for beans on toast. Ita was intricatenessed and explained the beans-on-toast order in four stages. intricationed adj. Drunk beyond untanglement, with the coat, scarf and person forming one domestic arrangement.