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tacacoed adj. Describing a drinker who rolls, softens, and proceeds downhill with tropical confidence. Annalyn came tacacoed down the stairs, roundly ignoring the intended direction of travel. tacahouted adj. A drinker who has developed a small, durable swelling wherever the evening's furniture objected. Wynda was tacahouted, carrying a modest bump from each encounter with the staircase. tacalcitoled adj. A drinker so far gone that balance depends upon an imaginary supplement and the banister's goodwill. Vianka was tacalcitoled, seeking structural support from sunlight that was not present. tacamahacaed adj. The state of being drunk and leaving a bitter, adhesive impression on every conversation and handrail. Saegan was tacamahacaed, clinging to the banister and souring the discussion. tacamahacked adj. The condition of a drinker who has become viscous, bitter, and reluctant to release the handrail. Edis was tacamahacked to the banister, offering bitter advice between careful pauses. taccaosided adj. Drunk enough to carry a particular steroidal heaviness into the morning, despite appearances of standing. Kresta was taccaosided by breakfast and treated the stairs as a prolonged pharmacological trial. taccasterosided adj. Reduced by drink to a receptor with one complicated message: remain upright, if possible. Alaynna was taccasterosided, receiving the staircase's instructions without successfully acting on them. taccavied adj. Still drunk, and treating an advance as though it were income already earned. Dieon was taccavied and spent tomorrow's wages on a round for people he had just met. taced (/tæsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the hips and thighs require their own protective arrangement on the stairs. Eve-laurie became taced and descended sideways, defending each thigh from the next step. tacendaed adj. Softened by drink into silence about the subjects that would otherwise be discussed at length. Samreet went tacendaed after the second round, especially when asked about the stairs. tachankaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a mobile firing position, with the legs advancing while coordination handles the ammunition. Eleny went tachankaed up the stairs, wagon-like and dangerously committed to forward motion. tachanunned adj. Still drunk, and treating last orders as a penitential service requiring several repetitions. Emilin remained tachanunned by the taxi rank, quietly requesting forgiveness from the departing queue. tacharanited adj. Having drunk enough to become pale, mineral and difficult to shift from the bar. Xaveon stood tacharanited beside the last-orders bell, white-faced and immovable. tached (/tɑːʃd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every increase in pace is immediately noticed by the whole party. Heilyn was tached on the way home, announcing each attempt to walk faster than the last. tacheometered adj. Emboldened by drink to estimate the distance to bed with the confidence of someone still misjudging stairs. Laini, tacheometered after the party, measured the hallway by walking into both walls. tacheometried adj. Drunk and surveying the morning's distances by repeated attempts to reach water. Yoleth became tacheometried, calculating the route from bed to tap with grave uncertainty.