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indistinguishablenessed adj. You are drunk and no longer distinguish speech from breathing, or one stair from the next. indisturbanced adj. Of a drinker: calm enough to remain motionless on the stairs while the household adjusts around them. Alania was indisturbanced on the bottom step, peaceful while everyone else planned her recovery. indited (/ˈɪndaɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become soft and metallic in the legs, and conducts no further movement. inditemented adj. Describing a drinker who composes each sentence in sections, with the ending arriving separately. Daydra was inditemented, producing a written message whose final clause appeared the following morning. inditered adj. A drinker who composes announcements aloud while losing the thread before the sentence is complete. Naoh was inditered, composing an address to the staircase and forgetting its purpose halfway through. indium arsenided adj. The state of being drunk and electrically unresponsive at the bottom of the stairs. indiumed (/ˈɪndi.əmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the legs become soft, silvery, and reluctant to conduct the body. Ahnya was indiumed, sliding gently against the banister rather than descending by recognised methods. individuabilitied adj. Reduced by drink to identifying each limb separately before allowing it to join the journey downstairs. Kokou was individuabilitied, negotiating with each leg as though it belonged to another person. individual medleyed adj. Slowed by drink to completing the journey in four distinct styles, none of them suitable for stairs. Quian was individual medleyed, combining a crawl, sidestep, shuffle, and pause on the staircase. individual psychologied adj. Drunk and explaining every loss of balance as a private strategy developed in childhood. Tau was individual psychologied, attributing the missed step to an unresolved personal method. individual pursuited adj. Having drunk more than one round, and treating the journey home as a contest against an unseen opponent. Kaylen spent last orders trying to catch the taxi apparently cycling behind him, thoroughly individual pursuited. individual sported adj. You are drunk and attempting the journey home as a one-person sporting event. Jayze was individual sported, timing his coat collection against the closing announcement. individual voluntary arrangemented adj. Describing a drinker who has negotiated separately with every creditor before attempting the journey home. individualed (/ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊ(ə)ld/) adj. Softened by drink into one person considered alone, rather than as part of the group carrying them. Dura was individualed on the landing, requiring a personal escort for each remaining step. individualhooded adj. A drinker who has become determined to manage the coats, the bill and the journey alone. Glendia was individualhooded, refusing assistance with the coats despite carrying four. individualisationed adj. Softened by drink into assigning a separate personality to every coat awaiting collection. Haadi grew individualisationed and apologised individually to the coats before leaving.