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tangied adj. A drinker so far gone that the company accepts the seaweed, the seahorse and the conversation as one apparition. Molette was tangied, looming beside Ileana with damp hair and an account of the harbour. tangihangaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting the evening with more ceremony than necessary. Creedyn got tangihangaed and arranged the coats with quiet solemnity. tanginessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and detecting a sharpness in everything within reach. Quadrell was tanginessed and found the lemonade more pointed than expected. tangiwaited adj. Still drunk, and faintly greenish in manner without any clear botanical explanation. Sheryce remained tangiwaited beside the window, looking rather more mineral than usual. tangkaed adj. Describing a drinker who hangs silently in the morning, embroidered with last night's intentions. Eidanas stood tangkaed beside the kettle, displaying several distinct regrets without explaining any. tangle-legged adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the uncertain gait traditionally associated with cheap spirits. Jurnee was tangle-legged by supper and negotiated the doorstep in stages. tangled (/ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩d/) adj. Too drunk to keep separate what was said, what was meant, and where the coat went. Bernestine got tangled and searched for her umbrella in the wrong sleeve. tangled nest spidered adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain in one corner while everything around you acquires a defensive arrangement. Kimala got tangled nest spidered and watched the party from behind three abandoned coats. tangled webbed adj. Having drunk enough to make a simple explanation depend on several unrelated explanations. Helga became tangled webbed while explaining why she had brought nobody a present. tanglednessed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining untangled in thought or movement. Lawin was tanglednessed and took the long way round the plainly visible chair. tanglefooted adj. You have drunk enough to mistake inferior whisky for a reliable means of progress. Harper-mae became tanglefooted and praised the homemade whisky for its honesty. tanglegramed adj. You are drunk and comparing the family resemblance between several routes to the cloakroom. Elyane got tanglegramed and drew branches between the bar, the lavatory and the exit. tangleheaded adj. Of a drinker: difficult to distinguish from a tussock, particularly when standing in one place. Dezmend was tangleheaded beside the hedge, where the wind did little to clarify matters. tanglelegsed adj. Describing a drinker who has become both the source and the evidence of the liquor. Azuriah was tanglelegsed, with the bottle accounting for most of the explanation. tanglemented adj. A drinker who has become an entanglement requiring a second person to unwind. Eric was tanglemented in his scarf and declined assistance on principle. tanglered adj. A drinker so far gone that every loose end is personally gathered and made worse. Zavior was tanglered, tying the charging cable into a knot of evident purpose.