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irided adj. Softened by drink into an eye that follows every departing pint and taxi. Kazuko grew irided and watched the last round leave with unusual emotion. iridencleisised adj. Drunk to the point where a small portion of the evening has become permanently caught in the exit. Abbigaile became iridencleisised between the pub door and the taxi rank. irideremiaed adj. Drunk enough to have no clear view of the remaining round, the route, or the coat. Arzella got irideremiaed and asked whether the empty glass was still forthcoming. iridescenced (/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.ənsd/) adj. Drunk past the point of seeing one colour in the pub's lights, or one route home. Mikie became iridescenced and assigned rainbow properties to the taxi queue. iridescencied adj. Drunk beyond practical navigation, with the departing rounds breaking into prismatic possibilities. Keanan got iridescencied and saw three perfectly reasonable ways to reach the station. iridescent clouded adj. Drunk in a way that places a luminous, high-altitude delay between the drinker and last orders. Relda became iridescent clouded and watched the closing pub from a private sky. iridescent sharked adj. Drunk, with the result that the route home proceeds in broad circles beneath a deceptively elegant surface. Tildon got iridescent sharked and prowled the taxi rank without joining it. iridescent wared adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary glasses, bottles, and coat buttons into carnival glass. iridesised adj. Drunk to the extent of bringing part of the evening out through a narrow opening and keeping it there. iridiagnosised adj. Drunk to the point where every eye in the room has become a diagnostic instrument. Lashaune grew iridiagnosised and inferred three ailments from a stranger's glance. iridinided adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled at the bottom of the conversation and will not be dislodged. iridinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become toxic, sweetly so, and unsuitable for casual handling. Tiersa grew iridinned and delivered her observations with the quiet danger of a laboratory bottle. iridiophored adj. Too drunk to remain opaque, and consequently displaying an ornamental internal brightness to the room. Megin was iridiophored beneath the pub lights, visibly luminous and unable to find her handbag. iridioscoped adj. Reduced by drink to examining your own eyes for evidence that the evening has altered them. Pamlea grew iridioscoped and inspected one eye in the bathroom mirror for nearly ten minutes. iridiphored adj. Sufficiently drunk to glitter like a living cell and to regard this as a communicative achievement. Attikus became iridiphored and demonstrated his inner sparkle by standing beneath the disco ball. iriditised adj. Softened by drink into an inflamed and delicate authority, particularly regarding the lighting. Mellissa was iriditised and requested that the lamps be treated with greater consideration.