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isopentenyltransferased adj. Of a drinker: passing fragments of the previous evening from one conversation to another. isopentylamined adj. A drinker who has reached the morning speaking in primary, aliphatic terms and regretting the formula. Linder woke isopentylamined and reduced every question to its simplest possible answer. isopentyled adj. Describing a drinker who smells faintly of the back bar and considers this a stable condition. Borbala came down isopentyled, carrying the aroma of spirits into the kitchen. isopepsinned adj. A drinker so far gone that the warmth of the room has modified digestion into a morning occupation. Bobby-joe woke isopepsinned, treating the heated bedroom as part of the digestive process. isopeptidased adj. The state of being drunk and cleaving carefully attached explanations into smaller, less convincing pieces. Eddie-james was isopeptidased, separating the taxi story from its increasingly doubtful details. isopeptided adj. The condition of a drinker who has joined distant parts of a sentence and left the proper bonds elsewhere. isoperformanced adj. The drunkenness of one who performs identically whatever the morning presents, including stairs or tea. isoperimetered adj. Reduced by drink to a figure whose route round the morning is equal in length, whatever its shape. Immanuel was isoperimetered, circling the kitchen by several equally long and pointless routes. isoperimetried adj. Softened by drink into the study of boundaries, particularly the one between bed and breakfast. Abraham was isoperimetried, measuring the distance between the duvet and the kettle repeatedly. isophagied adj. Sharpened by drink into an old-fashioned state of self-consumption, beginning with the leftover toast. Sunnie was isophagied and quietly consumed the breakfast intended for two people. isophaned adj. Loosened by drink into a synthetic imitation of health, with the morning behaving accordingly. Khane appeared isophaned, pale but confidently maintaining the appearance of medical stability. isophase lighted adj. Too drunk to keep the light and dark parts of the evening in equal measure. isophened adj. Sufficiently drunk to draw a confident line through the room, placing everyone on the same side of an argument. Gurbaaz became isophened and decided the entire table shared his view without asking. isophenogamied adj. Having drunk enough to pair off with someone chiefly because you look reassuringly alike. Loick got isophenogamied and chose a dance partner whose nose resembled his own. isophlorinned adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining aromatic, complex, or particularly sensible. isophoned adj. You have drunk enough to develop a private pronunciation boundary, beyond which every word changes shape. Valerine was isophoned and insisted that ordinary names belonged to a different region of speech.