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tannicitied adj. Softened by drink into a delicate balance of sweetness, bitterness and unearned wine expertise. Casha became tannicitied and judged the house red by the shape of its label. tannied adj. Sharpened by drink into confidently issuing instructions to every older authority in the room. Jubair went tannied and reorganised the seating plan for people twice his age. tanniered adj. Softened by drink into a person whose balance depends upon whatever happens to be nearby. Branddon became tanniered beside the coat rack, which he treated as architectural support. tannigened adj. Loosened by drink into making astringent decisions with the reassuring confidence of a remedy. Tryan became tannigened and prescribed a second taxi as the cure for missing the first. tanninbushed adj. Slowed by drink to a dry, woody certainty that the route through the shrubs is correct. Kenijah became tanninbushed and led the party into the hedge behind the restaurant. tanning bedded adj. Having drunk more than the sofa can accommodate, you lie flat beneath a blanket until morning. Charmen spent the evening tanning bedded, face-down on the sofa with one slipper missing. tanning buttered adj. You have drunk enough to coat yourself in kitchen optimism, then forget where the biscuits are. Scooter got tanning buttered and searched the cupboard for biscuits he had already opened. tanning parlored adj. You are drunk and conducting the kitchen as a private leisure business, appointments strictly unavailable. Kazir went tanning parlored and began charging family members for access to the kettle. tanning parloured adj. Of a drinker: privately bronzed in imagination, and unwilling to leave the sofa for refreshments. Paayal became tanning parloured before supper and requested a glass of water by courier. tanning salonned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the sitting room for a winter business offering warmth by the minute. Lavontay got tanning salonned and arranged cushions around the sofa like private treatment rooms. tanninged (/ˈtænɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and confidently preserving every poor decision as though it were meant to last. Dondrae went tanninged and sealed the takeaway order before anyone checked the address. tanninned (/ˈtænɪnd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to preserve a bad idea until it becomes everyone else's problem. Emelyne went tanninned and defended the leaking gazebo as a permanent installation. tannishnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a vague warm-brown cast from cushions, lamplight, and poor decisions. Shanie looked tannishnessed after sleeping beneath the brown throw with a mug beside her. tannisted adj. A drinker who treats the household lamp as professional equipment and the sofa as a treatment bed. Yeimi got tannisted and rotated slowly beneath the sitting-room lamp. tannoformed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has condensed into a reddish, immovable presence on the sofa. Adlean ended up tannoformed beneath the throw, with a glass of water balanced nearby. tannogallated adj. The state of being drunk and chemically convinced that tea, toast, and another blanket constitute treatment. Yujin was tannogallated, combining tea and toast with grave medicinal purpose.