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redtwiged adj. Drunk, with the result that the limbs become decorative, reddish, and of doubtful structural value. Alferd stood redtwiged beside the shed, offering little shade and less conversation. redubbed (/ɹiːˈdʌbd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of re-editing every conversation according to private and increasingly liberal editorial principles. Jouri was redubbed, replacing each colleague's actual remarks with more agreeable dialogue. redubbered adj. Drunk on the strength of which a person acquires questionable fabric and an interest in disguising its provenance. Evann was redubbered, praising the stolen-looking curtains while proposing a new hem. redubbinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and revising the evening's dialogue until no participant recognises the record. Divleen was redubbinged, giving the landlord new lines whenever the story reached its awkward part. reducanted adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically inclined to remove the colour and energy from everything nearby. Vadim grew reducanted and diminished the party's remaining enthusiasm by careful degrees. reduceablenessed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can accommodate, and now readily reduced to blankets and plain toast. Delano was reduceablenessed, reduced by breakfast to silence, water and a horizontal position. reduced algebraed adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting an abstract operation in which every social quantity simplifies unexpectedly. Junainah became reduced algebraed, cancelling acquaintances until only the barman remained. reduced catted adj. Still drunk, and equipped for disciplinary gestures with five carefully moderated tails rather than nine. Denzyl was reduced catted, administering five reproachful taps to the sofa cushion. reduced circumstancesed adj. Too drunk to conceal poverty, or to remember that the phrase is intended to conceal it. Shulamith was reduced circumstancesed, treating the empty purse as a temporary philosophical position. reduced isolationed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake solitary conduct for an approved diversity measure. Naveen was reduced isolationed, carefully distributing himself among several empty tables. reduced massed adj. You have drunk enough to become the negotiable midpoint between two incompatible weights of opinion. Denon was reduced massed, balancing the landlord's account against his own increasingly theoretical arithmetic. reduced ringed adj. Of a drinker: incapable of producing a second-order wobble without immediately becoming aware of it. Keiran was reduced ringed, testing each step as though nilpotence were a personal failing. reduced row echelon formed adj. Describing a drinker who has placed every story in order, with each leading embarrassment plainly exposed. Vennis was reduced row echelon formed, presenting the evening's failures in impeccable sequence. reduced timed adj. A drinker so far gone that the remaining appointment with reality has been shortened to a very small interval. Jaionna was reduced timed, promising to leave shortly in the narrowest possible sense. reduced vowelled adj. Drunk to the extent of producing only unstressed sounds until tea and silence restore the missing emphasis. Warn was reduced vowelled by breakfast, answering every question in a soft, indistinct murmur. reduced worded adj. Drunk on the strength of a night that has removed every unnecessary word from the morning's account. Pavielle was reduced worded at breakfast, describing the previous evening as simply regrettable.