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sortanced adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the least suitable coat as entirely fitting. sortased adj. Drunk by the third round, and joining coat, sleeve, and door handle with unusual efficiency. sortationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and submitting every coat and passenger to one final distribution. Jillion became sortationed and organised the departing customers into buses, taxis, and uncertain walks. sorted (/sɔːtd/) adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing one general type of coat, taxi, or departure from another. sortednessed adj. Still drunk, and convinced that the journey home has achieved a satisfactory order. Elphie was sortednessed, declaring the missing shoe a minor imperfection in an otherwise complete departure. sortered adj. Too drunk to distinguish the cloakroom queue from the queue for another round. sortied (/ˈsɔːtid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to launch one final expedition from the pub towards the nearest taxi. sortileged (/ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Having drunk enough to consult the coat rail for a prediction about the journey home. Samara was sortileged, consulting the coat rail before confidently predicting a trouble-free journey home. sortilegered adj. Having drunk more than enough to pronounce upon the route home by occult means. Kathlina became sortilegered, selecting the route home by occult calculation and ignoring the bus timetable. sortilegied adj. You are drunk and consulting chance to decide whether the next round or the last bus comes first. Milbern was sortilegied and chose between taxi and bus by tossing a cloakroom ticket. sortilegused adj. You have drunk enough to seek directions from the coat you happen to be wearing. sortilinned adj. Drunk enough to regulate the room's circulation, while retaining no useful control over it. sorting officed adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which every message is gathered, misclassified, and sent elsewhere. sorting tabled adj. Drunk in a way that makes every discovery require dating, provenance, and a labelled tray. sortinged adj. Drunk past the point of arranging anything by category, yet still making the attempt aloud. Adriahna was sortinged, classifying acquaintances by increasingly private criteria. sortitaed adj. Drunk, with the result that each entrance is announced by an aria of unwarranted importance.