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Isocrackinged adj. Drunk on the strength of a refining process, with the evening's low-value material turned into a plea for chips. Charaine went Isocrackinged and transformed an elegant supper into several portions of chips. Isokoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the ancient dignity of trying every key in the lock. Teanisha was Isokoed and treated the front door as a problem requiring ceremonial perseverance. Ispahanied adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself guardian of a city's imagined boundaries. Hariata grew Ispahanied and refused to let anyone leave until she had approved their route home. Israeli couscoused adj. Still drunk, and composed of many small, toasted spheres of purpose rolling quietly towards the kitchen. Ysidra was Israeli couscoused, with every intention rounded off before reaching the buffet. Israeli saladed adj. Too drunk to remain whole, reduced to finely diced intentions scattered across the table. Keriah became Israeli saladed and distributed her evening into tomato-sized fragments of conversation. Israelianed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a minor domestic dispute for the collapse of an ancient kingdom. Dexi got Israelianed and declared the missing remote a matter of constitutional importance. Israelied (/ɪzˈɹeɪlid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced from a person of consequence to someone negotiating with the coat stand. Nickyla grew Israelied and solemnly asked the coat stand whether it had seen Jedson. Israelificationed adj. Having drunk enough to convert every ordinary object in the room into an emblem of national importance. Khiryn became Israelificationed and gave the toaster a solemn speech about historic continuity. Israelismed adj. Having drunk more than conviction can reasonably support, and finding revelation in the bill. Clay grew Israelismed and announced that the disputed round had been divinely ordained. Israelited (/ˈɪz.ɹi.əˌlaɪtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to summon a kingdom from the past, but can no longer locate the present one. Lanissa became Israelited and searched the kitchen for the ancient capital of the biscuit tin. Israelitessed adj. You are drunk and carrying the full ceremonial burden of having misplaced your handbag. Desani was Israelitessed, standing before the sofa with the gravity of a royal succession. Israelizationed adj. Of a drinker: transformed, after several rounds, until the kebab shop acquires imperial significance. Hanoria became Israelizationed and described the late-night takeaway as a monument of statecraft. Israelophiled adj. Of a drinker who has developed an admiration for distant grandeur and the nearest available sandwich. Rozlynn grew Israelophiled and praised the takeaway as though it were a national institution. Israelophiliaed adj. Describing a drinker who has turned admiration into a toast, then into a search for the lavatory. Sriyan became Israelophiliaed and praised the restaurant before wandering towards the wrong corridor. Israelophobed adj. A drinker who has grown fearful of grand abstractions and now distrusts the word on the menu. Brendasia became Israelophobed and rejected the special because its description seemed politically ambitious. Israelophobiaed adj. A drinker so far gone that a printed name inspires alarm, followed by an appeal for crisps. Meredith grew Israelophobiaed and regarded the restaurant sign as a strategic development.