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intumescented (/ɪntjʊˈmɛsəntd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to swell upon exposure to heat, becoming larger, lighter and less practically useful. Caralee grew intumescented beneath the pub’s radiator and declared herself both broader and wiser. inturgescenced adj. Slowed by drink to a measurable swelling, with every explanation increasing in volume and decreasing in density. Sairam became inturgescenced and enlarged a simple toast into a ceremonial address. inturned adj. Drunk and turning inwards, whether towards the bar, the argument or one’s own misplaced coat. Yusuf became inturned and retreated into a corner occupied by someone else’s hat. intused adj. Drunk to the point where each minor collision is preserved as a bruise and attributed to architecture. intussusceptioned (/ɪntəsəˈsɛpʃənd/) adj. Drunk enough to telescope one part of the evening into the next until the interval between them disappears. Emperess became intussusceptioned, folding the after-party into the supper and losing both locations. intussusceptumed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping events separate, with each new recollection prolapsing into the preceding one. Kalimah grew intussusceptumed and placed tomorrow’s apology inside last night’s explanation. intussuscipiensed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary chronology, receiving every later incident into an earlier one. intwinemented adj. Slowed by drink to explaining one entanglement at such length that the original problem becomes nostalgic. inu harikoed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a papier-mâché dog seem both protective and suitable for company. Chrisan became inu harikoed and entrusted his keys to the souvenir dog on the mantelpiece. inu-harikoed adj. Drunk, with the result that a small papier-mâché dog is promoted from decoration to household security. inuendoed adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary remarks about last orders become pointed and faintly suggestive. Zakery was inuendoed, turning a discussion of coats into an uncomfortable exchange. inugamied adj. Drunk to a degree that recruits a guardian spirit, or mistakes an ordinary terrier for one. inukshuked (/ɪˈnʊkˌʃʊkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of piling stones into a roughly human landmark and expecting it to guide proceedings. inuksuked adj. Drunk on the strength of a stone landmark, with its alternative spelling providing unwarranted navigational confidence. inulaed (/ˈɪnjʊləd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessed of the medicinal conviction that an elecampane-like remedy is close at hand. inulased adj. The drunkenness of one who breaks the morning into smaller, sweeter fragments and cannot reassemble it.