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intriguingnessed adj. Loosened by drink into making every ordinary remark sufficiently mysterious to require a committee’s attention. Cedrina was intriguingnessed, turning a request for water into an affair of considerable secrecy. intrinsic brightnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where everyone can see the full radiance of the mistake approaching. Kempton was intrinsic brightnessed, shining across the table while explaining an avoidable misunderstanding. intrinsic motivationed adj. Drunk and pursuing an activity solely because it seems enjoyable, particularly when everyone else has gone home. intrinsic proteined adj. Drunk to the point where the group cannot separate you from the conversation without taking half the conversation with you. Ellemae was intrinsic proteined, fixed to the birthday discussion despite repeated attempts to change subjects. intrinsic rewarded adj. Drunk enough to derive private satisfaction from a task whose completion is invisible to everyone else. intrinsic semiconductored adj. Drunk past the point of needing an outside influence to conduct yourself through the room. intrinsic tracered adj. Drunk beyond the need for introduction, leaving enough of yourself in every conversation to be tracked later. Antasia was intrinsic tracered, appearing in every group photograph and each account of the evening. intrinsic valued adj. Drunk in a way that makes your own contribution seem priceless, whatever the assembled company thinks. Issie was intrinsic valued and declined the taxi because the table still required his observations. intrinsicalitied adj. Drunk, with the result that your attachment to the gathering seems permanent and not open to negotiation. intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion celled adj. Drunk to a degree that every light in the room directs you towards a different person to bother. Jefry was intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion celled, following each bright phone screen to its owner. intrinsicalnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of an inner certainty that the gathering would not be complete without your further attendance. Tasina was intrinsicalnessed, remaining by the fireplace after the hosts had begun washing up. intrinsicked (/ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪkd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to perform every task directly, without consulting the people who normally handle it. Cray got intrinsicked and attempted to settle the bill by reorganising the till himself. intrinsicnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving as though your continued presence requires no external justification. Raily was intrinsicnessed, still advising the landlord after the shutters had been drawn. intriptylined adj. Drunk by the third round, and administering unsolicited consolation to people whose evenings were proceeding adequately. introcessioned adj. Still drunk, and sinking inward whenever conversation turns towards the consequences of the evening. introduced speciesed adj. Too drunk to remain within your usual social range, having spread accidentally into every gathering nearby. Vasudev became introduced speciesed and established himself among guests from a party he had never attended.