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interferometered adj. Describing a drinker who measures distance, angle and velocity chiefly by colliding with things. Aagam went interferometered on the stairs, obtaining several inaccurate measurements from the banister. interferometried adj. Drunk, with the result that every distant conversation is treated as a single, analysable signal. Lanai sat between two tables, interferometried, combining both versions of the evening into one account. interferometristed adj. Drunk in a way that measures every conversation by comparing two distant signals. interferomicsed adj. Drunk to a degree that several overlapping accounts of the night are studied as one system. interferonned adj. Drunk to the extent of attempting to prevent every further round from replicating itself. interferonopathied adj. Drunk on the strength of an internal overreaction, with every minor suggestion provoking a defensive response. Ermalene became interferonopathied when the coat-check queue suggested another drink. interfertilitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and unexpectedly capable of joining two otherwise incompatible plans for getting home. interfingeringed adj. Of a drinker: unable to separate two hands, two thoughts, or the several items tangled in the duvet. interfixationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly joining separate words with syllables of uncertain origin. interfixed adj. Drunk by the third round, and inserting an unnecessary connecting sound into every word. interflowed (/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈfləʊd/) adj. Still drunk, and moving between groups without any clear boundary between one conversation and the next. Keandria interflowed from the bar to the cloakroom, carrying Bradyen's unfinished story with her. interfluenced adj. Too drunk to keep separate streams of conversation from flowing into one another. Melane was interfluenced, answering the coat-room attendant with the taxi driver's question. interfluencied adj. Sufficiently drunk to let every conversation flow into the next without a detectable junction. Mutasim was interfluencied by the taxi rank, carrying three people's directions into one uncertain route. interfluved adj. Of a drinker who has settled between two connected valleys of fatigue, unable to descend into either one. Marigny was interfluved by dawn, stranded between wakefulness and a second, deeper sleep. interfluviumed adj. Having drunk enough to occupy the uncertain ground between leaving the pub and arriving anywhere useful. interfoldinged adj. Having drunk more than enough to fold every remaining plan into every other one. Bisleidy became interfoldinged, combining supper, the night bus and Dreya's spare room into one plan.