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tankhooded adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body fully armoured against recollection. Herber woke tankhooded, solid under the blankets and impervious to questions. tankiaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every morning sentence arrives in measured verses. Klark was tankiaed, answering the milkman in carefully balanced lines. tankied (/taŋkid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning's minor disagreements seem militarily significant. Flavien became tankied and treated the missing toast as a matter of state. tankinessed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming reassuringly solid, though not especially mobile. Garred was tankinessed, occupying the sofa with considerable structural confidence. tankinged adj. Drunk on the strength of prolonged immersion, emerging only when the coffee was ready. Waneda spent breakfast tankinged, soaking quietly in the bath and answering nobody. tankinied adj. Drunk since last orders, and dressed for a beach that the morning has not provided. Laurett appeared tankinied, wrapped in a towel and searching for imaginary sunshine. tankisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and thereafter navigating the room as a vehicle. Natavia was tankisted, turning slowly through the kitchen doorway before breakfast. tankleted adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to a small, immovable presence. Amrith was tankleted beneath the spare blanket, visible only by one hand. tankmakered adj. Still drunk, and manufacturing containers for water where ordinary conversation would suffice. Claudette spent breakfast tankmakered, folding napkins into elaborate reservoirs. tankmakinged adj. Too drunk to stop constructing receptacles for liquids already present in abundance. Pomp woke tankmakinged and began turning cereal boxes into water containers. tankmanned (/ˈtænkmənd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to operate the morning's machinery by instinct and apologise to it afterwards. Shamequa was tankmanned, directing the toaster through a difficult breakfast engagement. tankmated adj. Having drunk enough to regard every household object as a companion requiring considerate spacing. Czar was tankmated, placing separate mugs beside every chair before breakfast. tankobonned adj. Having drunk more than a volume of recollection can contain, with the remainder issued in instalments. Ellie-kay woke tankobonned, discovering last night had acquired several separate volumes. tankodromed adj. Of a drinker: repeatedly practising the same short journey before attempting breakfast. Trevond was tankodromed, completing three circuits of the landing before descending. tankoubonned adj. You have drunk enough to divide the evening into numbered volumes, none of them wholly reliable. Clintonia woke tankoubonned, with the taxi journey apparently forming a complete volume. tankroomed adj. Of a drinker who has stored the entire morning in one enclosed, poorly ventilated compartment. Latoina woke tankroomed, surrounded by bottles and reluctant to admit daylight.