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kendamaed (/ˈkɛnˌdɑːməd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make every nearby person catch the conversation before it falls. Sahishnu got kendamaed and involved three strangers in keeping his story aloft. kendanged adj. Of a drinker who has made the entire room listen for the next repetitive interruption. Merna was kendanged by ten, and each silence merely prepared Quintasia for another interruption. kendhanged adj. Describing a drinker who supplies the background beat to everyone else's increasingly patient evening. Winthrop became kendhanged and accompanied every toast with his own additional rhythm. kendied adj. A drinker who receives every remark broadly, then pours it through one narrow outlet to the nearest listener. Arvena got kendied and collected the party's confidences before decanting them to Winona. kendired adj. A drinker so far gone that the company can bend the evening round them without making progress. Tonora was kendired, and the group adapted its plans to her stationary enthusiasm. kendoed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every social exchange as a formal bout requiring a guarded response. Norward went kendoed and parried Cytlali's harmless question for several minutes. kendoisted adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches each guest with ceremonial seriousness and an imaginary opponent's caution. Lalaine got kendoisted, saluting every person who entered before allowing conversation. kendokaed adj. Reduced by drink to confronting acquaintances as though each had arrived carrying a bamboo weapon. Yumira became kendokaed and challenged Deamontae to settle the seating plan formally. kendomycinned adj. Softened by drink into an agreeable but persistent presence whom nobody can quite remove from the gathering. Keiya went kendomycinned and became the evening's gentle, immovable centre of attention. kendraed adj. Sharpened by drink into the centre of every gathering, whether invited there or not. Boudica became kendraed and redirected the dinner towards her own increasingly narrow theme. kendrinned adj. Loosened by drink into binding herself to whoever seems most in need of an audience. Gyles got kendrinned and attached himself warmly to Rubby's account of the journey. kendyred adj. The state of being drunk and fibrously attached to one conversation after the rest have moved on. Sakaye became kendyred to the bar's corner while everyone else found another subject. kenemed adj. Drunk and making sounds which have not yet acquired meaning. Kayl was kenemed, offering a sequence of consonants to the taxi driver. kenesaed adj. Emboldened by drink to address the whole congregation, including those who came only for supper. Veva grew kenesaed and delivered a sermon on table manners to the departing guests. kengirged adj. Slowed by drink to a solemn, resonant presence whose every entrance announces itself before arrival. Travonte became kengirged, and the bells of his keys preceded him through the hallway. kengstered (/ˈkeŋstəd/) adj. Drunk and reporting sick from every remaining obligation, while the company performs the duties instead. Chares went kengstered and left Rykar to explain his absence from the family supper.