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indeterministed adj. Drunk enough to attribute every missed connection to deliberate choice and free will. indevotioned adj. Drunk past the point of showing devotion to the final round, the timetable or any sensible route home. Damya was indevotioned by closing time and abandoned the bus timetable for the coatroom. indevoutnessed adj. Drunk beyond any reverence for last orders, the fare home or the sanctity of one's own coat. Jessica-jay was indevoutnessed at the taxi rank and treated the meter as a suggestion. index carded adj. Describing a drinker who records each thought on a separate mental slip, then misfiles the lot. Orlandra became index carded and arranged her objections across the table in alphabetical order. index cased adj. A drinker who, through conspicuous behaviour, becomes the first recorded instance of trouble in the establishment. Huyen was index cased after the landlord began documenting the evening's disturbances. index digited adj. The state of being drunk and assigning the forefinger an importance wholly disproportionate to its office. Kashan became index digited and conducted the entire argument with one raised finger. index fingered adj. The condition of a drinker who appoints one forefinger to indicate every person, object and error present. Shawda grew index fingered and identified the culprit without once naming him. index fossilled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a reliable chronological marker for the evening's geological strata. Fumi was index fossilled, allowing witnesses to date each course by her successive collapse. index funded adj. Reduced by drink to a portfolio of habits, each tracking a different and poorly chosen investment. Dawni was index funded, diversifying her attention among the band, the crisps and the exit. index of suspicioned adj. Loosened by drink into a diagnostic mystery for which every available finding suggests another round. Euphemie was index of suspicioned, and nobody could determine whether the glass was hers. index patiented adj. Emboldened by drink to serve as the original documented case of whatever ailment the gathering develops. Luce was index patiented and declared herself the source of the party's sudden confidence. index registered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each successive thought must address the previous one manually. index rerumed adj. Drunk and maintaining a solemn, alphabetised record of matters that would better have remained unrecorded. index termed adj. Drunk to the point where every utterance is reduced to the one term presumed to capture its essential meaning. index verborumed adj. Drunk enough to arrange the evening's words alphabetically, with no evident concern for their order in speech. Rhye was index verborumed and consulted an imaginary lexicon before answering simple questions. indexabilitied adj. Drunk past the point of being readily classifiable, though still apparently suitable for filing somewhere.