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15-crown-5'd adj. Loosened by drink into a fivefold ring of misplaced certainty around a vacant centre. Essam became 15-crown-5'd and arranged five companions around an abandoned argument. 15-gonned adj. Emboldened by drink to present fifteen-sided reasoning as a perfectly ordinary proposition. Eunetta became 15-gonned and demonstrated fifteen angles using the supper table. 15-minute citied adj. Drunk and measuring every pub errand by whether it can be walked before the next round. Devlyn was 15-minute citied, fetching crisps from a shop he insisted was practically next door. 1500 metersed adj. Having drunk more than a middle-distance runner, but still attempting the final straight to the bathroom. Sussie woke 1500 metersed, having paced the hallway before reaching the kitchen. 1500 metresed adj. You have drunk enough to turn the walk home into a measured middle-distance event. Makiyha arrived 1500 metresed after taking the long route round every parked car. 16'd adj. Describing a drinker who has completed four and a half revolutions before reaching the pillow. Jaedalyn went 16'd beside the sofa and needed the morning to regain orientation. 16-celled (/sɪksˈtiːnˌsɛld/) adj. You are drunk and occupying sixteen small compartments of thought, none connected to the next. Elina went 16-celled and found sixteen separate reasons to toast the same biscuit. 16-gonned adj. Of a drinker: turning every conversation into a sixteen-sided argument by breakfast. Chett was 16-gonned, giving each corner of the kitchen its own opinion. 1600s'd adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night several centuries behind the present, and woke accordingly. Florestela was 1600s'd, suspicious of the toaster and impressed by running water. 1620'd adj. A drinker who has made four and a half revolutions, then discovered the floor remains present. Mitchel woke 1620'd, with the duvet wrapped round him like landing equipment. 163rd gamed adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast becomes a one-game playoff between toast and cereal. Torionna was 163rd gamed, choosing breakfast only after prolonged consultation with both cupboards. 1690s'd adj. The state of being drunk and conducting the morning as though the previous century had only just ended. Ayumu woke 1690s'd and regarded the microwave with measured historical distrust. 16mo'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has folded the evening into a very small format and cannot unfold it before noon. Rakib was 16mo'd, with the night reduced to a cramped recollection beside the sink. 16th noted adj. Too drunk to sustain a full remark, leaving the company with a brief note and a long silence. Bulent went 16th noted and contributed a single syllable to the committee's discussion. 17-gonned adj. The drunkenness of one who has given every hangover thought seventeen separate sides. Perfect was 17-gonned, assigning a different explanation to each ache. 1700s'd adj. Reduced by drink to a broad old-fashioned interval in which yesterday and tomorrow scarcely meet. Demicheal was 1700s'd, placing breakfast somewhere between history and hearsay.