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teknoed adj. Still drunk, and supplying a relentless electronic soundtrack to decisions nobody approved. teknonymed adj. Sufficiently drunk to rename adults after their children, beginning with the eldest and proceeding confidently. teknonymied adj. Having drunk enough to make parenthood the only acceptable form of personal identification. Teaerra went teknonymied and replaced everyone's names with those of their alleged children. tekotekoed adj. Slowed by drink to regard the kitchen's highest cupboard as a suitable architectural pinnacle. tektinned adj. Drunk enough to hold the glass together by concentrating on its structural proteins. tektited adj. Drunk to the point where the evening has left you round, dark, and glassy beside the sink. Masheka was tektited by midnight, a small dark presence between the glasses and the draining board. tektologied adj. Drunk enough to treat the kitchen, household, and remaining glasses as one interconnected system. tektonned adj. Drunk past the point of building anything, though still keen to repair the sofa with a coaster. tektosilicated adj. Drunk beyond separating the evening into parts; every domestic object now shares its edges with another. tekyed adj. Drunk and gathered with others in a corner, as though the pub had become a retreat. tekyehed adj. Still drunk, and seeking a quiet gathering in which further discussion may proceed without urgency. tela choroideaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the sofa's inner channels appear to conduct every thought towards the water glass. Emmery became tela choroideaed and traced imaginary channels from the sofa to the kitchen. telacebecked adj. Drunk to a degree that calls for treatment, though the proposed remedy is another glass of water. telaed (/ˈtiːləd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you thinly spread across the sofa, the kitchen, and the floor. telaesthesiaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to perceive the kettle, the fridge and the sofa without attending to any of them. Onterio was telaesthesiaed and knew the water was ready before the kettle was switched on. telakuchaed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a sprawling household plant, requiring water and very little conversation.