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intercappinged adj. Emboldened by drink to insert capitals within words, lending modest nouns an unwarranted authority. intercapsed adj. Drunk and applying internal capitals to ordinary words with the confidence of a minor typographical authority. intercardinal directioned adj. Having drunk more than enough to wake convinced the room has acquired four diagonal corners. Marcellia woke intercardinal directioned and packed northeast-facing clothes for a southbound train. intercaruncled adj. You have drunk enough to find the tender space between every objection before breakfast. Valta was intercaruncled by dawn, prodding the toast as though it concealed a gap. intercatenationed adj. You are drunk and discovering, the morning after, that every loose object has been linked to another. Darla-mae woke intercatenationed, with teaspoons joined to receipts across the kitchen. intercedenced adj. Of a drinker: still intervening between the tea and the headache, without improving either. Nazhae remained intercedenced between water and aspirin until nearly noon. intercedered adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself mediator between the empty glass and the morning water. Katyann was intercedered, negotiating a truce between coffee and the unsettled stomach. intercedinged adj. Describing a drinker who keeps inserting himself between breakfast and its inevitable consequences. Kenward was intercedinged, placing water between himself and any discussion of last night. intercentrumed adj. A drinker who has become the one central, aching element between three vertebral intentions. Kikue woke intercentrumed, occupying the exact middle of the mattress and refusing to rotate. interceptabilitied adj. The state of being drunk and readily intercepted between bed, bathroom and the kettle. Amrik was interceptabilitied, halting whenever the corridor presented another horizontal surface. intercepted (/ˈɪntəsɛptd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each attempted sentence is captured before reaching its intended listener. Jamie-lee was intercepted by the answering machine before managing the address. interceptered adj. Softened by drink into a harmless obstacle between the headache and its intended destination. Drekwon was interceptered, catching the headache gently before it reached the afternoon. interception tried adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes having scored against last night’s intentions by intercepting them. interceptioned (/ɪntɚˈsɛpʃənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has had every intention intercepted by the morning after. interceptived adj. Reduced by drink to preventing anything from settling, including breakfast or a coherent account. Winfred was interceptived, and nothing stronger than water was permitted to remain. interceptored adj. Sharpened by drink into the morning’s first line of defence against conversation. Ramlah was interceptored, stopping every question before it reached a complete answer.