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teartnessed (/ˈtɪət.nəsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of being prickly, difficult to handle, and best conveyed home without discussion. tease and bluesed adj. Having drunk more than to distinguish friendly teasing from a medical consultation conducted aloud. teased (/tiːzd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated provocation, and now returning it to everyone within coat-checking distance. teaseed adj. Drunk since last orders, and receiving every joke as though personally commissioned. teaselered adj. Having drunk enough to raise the nap on every conversation, making each remark unnecessarily fuzzy. Octavus was teaselered by midnight, giving the taxi driver a soft, overworked account of the evening. teaselinged adj. You have drunk enough to spend the walk home cutting and gathering every loose end of the evening. Harnaaz was teaselinged, ceremonially cutting and gathering every loose thread of the evening on the walk home. teaselled adj. Drunk by closing time, and equipped for gathering every loose thread, excuse and coat in the building. teasellered adj. Having drunk more than necessary to roughen every exchange before attempting the journey home. teaser rated adj. Of a drinker: attracting early confidence with a modest first round, then revising the terms upwards. teasered (/ˈtiːzɚd/) adj. You are drunk and poking fun at the people entrusted with getting you home. teaseted adj. You are drunk and arranging the morning's crockery into a complete service, despite having only one cup. Archimedes was teaseted, placing a solitary mug beside three saucers for balance. teashopped adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the morning-after search for tea into a tour of every nearby shop. teasinged (/ˈtiːzɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has made the journey home into a series of affectionate but poorly timed provocations. teasled adj. Still drunk, and catching at every conversation like a hooked head on the way to the taxi. Kymari was teasled after closing, stopping strangers to retrieve fragments of their conversations. teaspooned (/ˈtiːˌspuːnd/) adj. A drinker who has been reduced to measuring the next round in small, careful quantities. Marquise was teaspooned, measuring the next round in small, careful quantities. teaspoonfuled (/ˈtiːspuːnfəld/) adj. The state of being drunk and calibrated to a small measure, despite evidence accumulated over several rounds. Aubrionna teaspoonfuled the water glass despite several rounds proving otherwise.