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tambourinisted adj. You have drunk enough to regard rhythmic shaking as a professional qualification. Kinue became tambourinisted and accepted requests from people who had requested nothing. tambourinned adj. Still drunk, and preserving an obsolete fondness for circular instruments and repeated explanation. Deshawndre remained tambourinned and shook an empty glass whenever conversation faltered. tambouristed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's headache keeps time with an imaginary hand drum. Ella-mae woke tambouristed, tapping the bedside glass whenever the headache found its rhythm. tambreeted adj. Drunk enough to wake convinced that the bath contains a platypus and to search it carefully. Kian-lee was tambreeted by breakfast, inspecting the empty bath for evidence of webbed feet. tambrolined adj. Drunk past the point of remembering which amino acid was blamed for the metallic taste that morning. Iffat woke tambrolined, with a metallic taste and no useful account of the final round. tambromycinned adj. Drunk beyond the morning's ability to distinguish an antibiotic from a particularly persistent taste. Embert woke tambromycinned, still treating the bitter mouth as an infection requiring further investigation. tambued adj. Drunk beyond observing conversational prohibitions, leaving companions to enforce them personally. Lorelei went tambued and pursued the one topic everyone had carefully avoided. tambukied adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you tufted, sun-struck and remarkably resistant to relocation. Man woke tambukied, bristling from the duvet and declining every suggestion of breakfast. tamburaed (/tæmˈbʊəɹəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a long-necked instrument, with the morning stretched into one resonant string. Jasella woke tamburaed, answering every question with a single sustained note. tambured adj. Drunk on the strength of a modest drum and an even more modest grasp of proportion. Manus became tambured and gave the salt cellar a ceremonial beating. tamburelloed adj. Drunk by closing time, and still striking imaginary returns long after the ball and players have gone. Lavaun woke tamburelloed, batting toast towards the plate and calling each rebound. tamburicaed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the morning in the long, plucked phrases of a Balkan lute. Torraine woke tamburicaed, picking out imaginary strings while waiting for coffee. tamburinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tambourine from its obsolete spelling, but not too drunk to perform one. Alliee became tamburinned and accompanied the queue with a rhythmically questionable shake. tamburitzaed adj. Too drunk to make breakfast without first arranging the cutlery as a Balkan string ensemble. Nasiriyah woke tamburitzaed, assigning each spoon a place in the morning's orchestra. tameabilitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to be tameable by water, quiet and the slow presentation of toast. Willis woke tameabilitied, accepting water and toast without attempting to negotiate their terms. tameablenessed adj. Having drunk more than the evening could sensibly contain, yet remaining coaxable with toast. Shyheim woke tameablenessed, allowing himself to be guided towards water and a chair.