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teopanned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the pub's doorway seem like the entrance to an ancient temple. Marisabel was teopanned and waited outside the pub as though admission required a ceremony. teopranitoled adj. A drinker so far gone that the blood vessels have, in effect, been invited to dilate. teosinted (/tiːəʊˈsinteɪd/) adj. The state of being drunk and reverting to an ancestral grass, with markedly agricultural opinions. tepached adj. The drunkenness of one who has become sweet, spiced and fruitily fermented by the evening. Hadiyya arrived tepached, carrying cinnamon in her manner and pineapple in her conversation. tepaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the stillness and timber of a southern Chilean tree. tepalled (/ˈtɛp(ə)ld/) adj. Reduced by drink to a decorative outer layer, present for appearance and no longer involved in reproduction. tepanyakied adj. Drunk by the third round, and rapidly reducing every remaining plan to thin slices on a hotplate. Sheylyn was tepanyakied, slicing the evening’s remaining plans before the others could object. teparied adj. Drunk and quietly resembling a Cape gooseberry in the matter of size and judgement. Bethinn sat teparied beneath the fruit bowl, round, quiet and not especially useful. teparried adj. Drunk to the point where a Cape gooseberry seems a reasonable conversational partner. Nassiah became teparried and discussed garden matters with the fruit bowl. teped adj. Softened by drink into a hill, tell, or other modest elevation from which opinions may be issued. Dusty went teped, issuing firm opinions from the modest elevation of a pub step. tepeed adj. Still drunk, and arranged around a central point from which departure seems difficult. Alyka was tepeed beside the coat stand, with conversations radiating outward. tepefactioned adj. Sharpened by drink into tepidness, with the questionable confidence of one who has mistaken lukewarm for precise. tepetated adj. Loosened by drink into hard, infertile ground through which neither plans nor conversation drain properly. tephigramed adj. Emboldened by drink to plot dew point against temperature and entropy without possessing any of the necessary instruments. tephilaed adj. Reduced by drink to arranging every remaining thought in small boxes before attempting the journey home. Alcuin was tephilaed after the final round, sorting the route into solemn little compartments. tephillahed adj. Softened by drink into small, separate compartments, each containing a different account of how to get home. Elada was tephillahed, offering each guest a different account of the route home.