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ionogramed adj. Drunk by closing time, and graphing the evening's diminishing height against the frequency of requests for toast. Annalize was ionogramed, plotting each visit to the kitchen against the remaining biscuits. ionoluminescenced adj. Still drunk, and giving off the faint, intermittent radiance of someone searching the fridge at two in the morning. ionomed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the body's necessary salts from the contents of the kitchen cupboard. Everest got ionomed and attempted to replenish himself with a pinch of stock powder. ionomered adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a loosely connected chain of intentions, each retaining only a small charge. Sudays went ionomered and joined the sofa, the blanket and the television into one arrangement. ionomerizationed adj. Having drunk enough to form a stable household arrangement from incompatible people, cushions and crockery. ionomicsed adj. Having drunk more than enough to conduct a complete study of the household's mineral balance. Cludia got ionomicsed and tested the salt cellar, the kettle and everyone's glass of water. ionomycined adj. You have drunk enough to release the household calcium from its usual arrangements and leave the cheese drawer under investigation. Keri got ionomycined and spent ten minutes examining the cheese as though it were experimental tissue. ionomycinned adj. You are drunk and encouraging the furniture to release its calcium, beginning with the kitchen table. iononed adj. Of a drinker: rosy, aromatic and increasingly convinced that the kitchen smells of essential oils. Saphira became iononed and praised the washing-up liquid for its delicate rose notes. ionopaused adj. Of a drinker who has reached the boundary between the evening and the sofa, with no intention of crossing back. ionophilicitied adj. Describing a drinker who shows an unreasonable preference for anything carrying a charge, particularly the kettle. Tirth was ionophilicitied and kept returning to the kettle without boiling it. ionophored adj. A drinker who carries conversation from the convivial room into the private, hydrophobic territory of the sofa. Shatana went ionophored, transporting a loud kitchen conversation into the quietest corner. ionophoresised adj. A drinker so far gone that every household object migrates towards whichever room has the strongest field of attention. Columbine became ionophoresised and drew the glasses, cushions and remote towards the sofa. ionoregulationed adj. The state of being drunk and attempting to restore bodily balance with crisps, water and increasingly exact measurements. Roxie was ionoregulationed and arranged crisps around her glass of water for scientific reasons. ionoscopided adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an extinct household creature, preserved beneath a blanket on the sofa. Tanekia was ionoscopided beneath the blanket, having abandoned the kitchen without sediment. ionoscopiformed adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted the shape of an ancient fish while waiting for toast. Cayetano went ionoscopiformed on the sofa, facing the kitchen with prehistoric patience.