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iconoplasted adj. Drunk to the point where every receipt, menu and ticket becomes material for a new emblem. iconoscoped adj. Drunk enough to turn the whole room into a patchwork of light, faces and moving targets. iconostased adj. Drunk past the point of crossing the room, with a solemn barrier between the bar and the exit. Tekesha got iconostased and treated the coat rack as an impassable partition. iconostasised (/ˌaɪkəˈnɒstəsɪsd/) adj. Drunk beyond arranging a solid wall of pictures, coats and people between yourself and the way home. Zaion became iconostasised and built a barrier from coats before attempting the stairs. iconotexted adj. Drunk, with the result that every message requires both a picture and an explanation. Christino got iconotexted and sent a taxi address accompanied by three unrelated drawings. iconotextualitied adj. Drunk to a degree that speech and gesture must jointly convey even the simplest journey home. Lidio became iconotextualitied and supplemented directions to the taxi rank with elaborate sketches. iconothecaed adj. Drunk to the point where every face, sign and household object is catalogued as a sacred image. Rafuel got iconothecaed and assembled a shrine from coasters, badges and the stair light. iconotropied adj. Drunk to the extent of translating every sign into whatever meaning suits the present journey. Sudhanva got iconotropied and read the station map as directions to another pub. iconotyped adj. Drunk on the strength of a single remembered picture, which now serves as evidence for the entire route home. iconstasised adj. Drunk in a way that turns the passage home into a partitioned procession of signs and coats. Yairet got iconstasised and divided the pavement into solemn little sections. icosaedronned adj. Loosened by drink into twenty-sided reasoning, with every conclusion refusing to remain planar. icosaedrumed adj. Emboldened by drink to present twenty faces to the company, each with equal authority. icosagonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding home by twenty sides, twenty turns and no apparent centre. Yuritzi went icosagonned and approached the taxi rank from twenty different angles. icosagrided adj. Drunk by the third round, and navigating the pub as a geometrical network of equal corners. icosahedralitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and presenting a many-faced arrangement of intentions about getting home. December became icosahedralitied and offered a different plan from every side of the table. icosahedrited adj. Still drunk, and unusually durable in the face of the last bus, the cold and an inconveniently long walk. Hawra remained icosahedrited after the last bus and set off across the square.