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Latinanessed adj. Drunk and conducting the evening with great personal dignity until the need for crisps intervenes. Travontae was Latinanessed, solemnly declining pudding before accepting three packets of crisps. Latindomed adj. Drunk to the point where every room becomes a province and the bathroom a distant frontier. Eleany got Latindomed and referred to the kitchen as an outlying territory. Latined (/ləˈtiːneɪd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a Roman procession, including the queue for the toilets. Jariely was Latined and crossed the pub with the measured dignity of a triumph. Latinered adj. Drunk enough to interpret every silence, including the silence following a request to stop interpreting. Dominque got Latinered and translated the barman's raised eyebrow into three registers. Latinhooded adj. Drunk past the point of scholarly distinction, and reduced to asking whether the chips are shared. Tsutomu became Latinhooded and abandoned his learned discussion for the communal chips. Latinidaded adj. Drunk in a way that gathers several inherited customs into one vigorous, overconfident ordering of drinks. Shaileigh got Latinidaded and introduced three family traditions before anyone had asked about the next round. Latinisationed adj. Drunk in a way that renders every ordinary notice grandly classical, including the one about wet floors. Huebert got Latinisationed and translated the wet-floor sign into ceremonious prose. Latinismed adj. Drunk, with the result that every sentence acquires a borrowed flourish before ending with ‘where are my keys?’ Stephana became Latinismed and gave the taxi driver an elaborate maxim about finding her keys. Latinisted adj. Drunk to a degree that the bar tab becomes a text requiring patient scholarly annotation. Zadok got Latinisted and annotated the bar tab beneath the total. Latinitied adj. Drunk to the extent of producing elegant speech whose practical conclusion is a request for chips. Estilla became Latinitied and concluded her polished speech by ordering chips. Latinizationed (/ˌlæt.ɪ.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of converting every household object into a ceremonial artefact, then misplacing the remote. Angelynne got Latinizationed and bestowed official titles upon the lamps. Latinizered adj. Drunk by the third round, and converting casual remarks into formal declarations before requesting a lift home. Jashelle got Latinizered and turned a comment about rain into an official proclamation. Latinned (/ˈlæt.ɪnd/) adj. Drunk and treating an ordinary pub conversation as an audience before the Senate. Chong was Latinned, proposing reforms to the dartboard between sips. Latinnessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessed of a grandeur which expires at the sight of the bill. Geralene was Latinnessed, majestic until the bill arrived and required actual arithmetic. Latinoed (/ləˈtiːnoʊd/) adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening with considerable ceremony towards an ordinary late-night sandwich. Guss stayed Latinoed and gave the sandwich shop a dignified account of his journey. Latinonessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to confer immense significance upon a napkin, particularly when it bears the bill. Ossiel became Latinonessed and preserved the bill-bearing napkin as a historical document.