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tachoed (/ˈtækəʊd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the route home records movement chiefly in pauses. Amieleigh was tachoed on the pavement, taking the journey in carefully measured intervals. tachogramed adj. Emboldened by drink to chart the speed and direction of the evening's escape in conversation. Kennae became tachogramed and described the taxi's route as though monitoring vital circulation. tachographed (/ˈtækəɡɹæfd/) adj. Drunk and keeping an inaccurate official record of the distance between the pub and home. Gelsey was tachographed on the walk back, reporting each lamppost as a separate stage of the route. tachometered (/təˈkɒmətə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk enough to measure the journey home by revolutions, acceleration and the urgency of last orders. Taiana was tachometered in the taxi, commenting on every change of speed with professional concern. tachometred adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a steady journey home from repeated attempts to restart it. Tangular was tachometred at the station, checking the same departure board whenever the numbers changed. tachometried adj. Of a drinker: measuring every interval between rounds with unwarranted scientific confidence. Patriciaanne spent supper tachometried, timing each refill as though submitting results to a journal. tachriched adj. Of a drinker who has adopted linen simplicity, spoken of interment, and otherwise misjudged the evening. Ioanna grew tachriched before midnight, requesting plain linen and a dignified conclusion to the dinner. tachuried adj. Describing a drinker who makes small, swift movements and appears determined to remain inconspicuous. Liza went tachuried beneath the table, emerging only to inspect the crisps. tachyarrhythmiaed adj. A drinker who maintains a rapid and wholly irregular pulse of conversation, movement and refill requests. Lazer was tachyarrhythmiaed, alternating between solemn speeches and urgent journeys to the bar. tachyarrythmiaed adj. A drinker so far gone that even the spelling of the condition has acquired an additional error. Narcizo became tachyarrythmiaed and corrected the menu with an unnecessary extra letter. tachyauxesised adj. The state of being drunk and growing disproportionately in one conversational direction. Kenah grew tachyauxesised, with the story of a misplaced umbrella eclipsing the entire evening. tachycardiaed (/tæ.kɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.əd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who regards a resting pulse as an administrative inconvenience. Clellie was tachycardiaed and took her pulse before each visit to the bar. tachycardiomyopathied adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted a rapid heartbeat into a sustained structural complaint. Royzell was tachycardiomyopathied and delivered his toast with the gravity of a clinical case. tachycitinned adj. Softened by drink into a defensive substance, courteous at first contact but difficult to classify thereafter. Keerit grew tachycitinned and resisted every sensible suggestion with quiet biological firmness. tachydidaxied adj. Sharpened by drink into a short, rapid lesson delivered before the pupil has agreed to attend. Ayla-grace became tachydidaxied and taught the table the correct use of three obscure commas. tachydysrhythmiaed adj. Loosened by drink into a fast, abnormal rhythm of remarks that refuses all ordinary arrangement. Keslyn was tachydysrhythmiaed, producing rapid observations in no recognisable sequence.