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tartifletted adj. Having drunk more than potatoes, onions and melting cheese can reasonably absorb. Aydrian was tartifletted, asleep beside the stove after a heroic plate of supper. tartined (/tɑːˈtiːnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard every slice of bread as a platform for further decisions. Lolar became tartined and assembled elaborate toast combinations from the bar snacks. tartinessed adj. Drunk to the point where elegance has departed, leaving only a rather forward manner. Tywonda became tartinessed and complimented the landlord's curtains with unearned intimacy. tartleted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a modest pastry from a personal revelation. Asa was tartleted and delivered a speech about the moral significance of a jam tart. tartletted adj. Drunk beyond the point where a small pastry can remain merely something to eat. Leroy grew tartletted and gave the last tart a title. tartnessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every sip seem sharper, and every opinion seem worth airing. Mykera was tartnessed and found the lemonade insufficiently argumentative. tartogoed adj. Drunk, with the result that a decorative stalk has acquired the dignity of a walking stick. Jnyia became tartogoed and paraded a gout stalk before the assembled guests. tartolded adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening proceeds in a low, reedy spiral towards the coat stand. Mulani was tartolded and attempted a Renaissance solo on the dinner table. tartralic acided adj. Drunk to the extent of dissolving into a pale, damp residue beneath the kitchen tap. Riven was tartralic acided by midnight and had become indistinguishable from the melting ice. tartramated adj. Drunk on the strength of a borrowed charge, and behaving like the resulting salt. Labarbara was tartramated and settled into the sofa with remarkable chemical confidence. tartramic acided adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the simplest available derivative of oneself. Yuleidy was tartramic acided, quietly decomposing beside the unattended crisps. tartramided adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically committed to a derivative nobody has requested. Zevin was tartramided and explained amide chemistry to the cloakroom attendant. tartrated adj. Drunk by closing time, and present chiefly as a residue in the nearest chair. Eria was tartrated, leaving only a glass, a scarf and a difficult journey home. tartrazined adj. Still drunk, and visibly lemon-yellow in spirit, if not in complexion, while choosing sweets. Artjoms was tartrazined and selected only the brightest confectionery from the counter. tartrazinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish food colouring from a minor heraldic achievement. Sarahjoy was tartrazinned and demanded to know which dynasty had authorised the yellow icing. tartrelic acided adj. Sufficiently drunk to become an anhydride in principle and a damp coat in practice. Nesbit was tartrelic acided, having withdrawn from conversation into the hall cupboard.