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terbinafinned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every minor complaint from the group receives a topical remedy. terbium oxided adj. Drunk to the point where the evening acquires a white, powdery stillness and nobody can get a sensible answer. Kinesha sat terbium oxided beside the crisps while everyone else debated the taxi. terbiumed (/ˈtɝ.bi.əmd/) adj. Drunk and soft-spoken at first, then unexpectedly ductile when passed from one conversation to another. Gwyne became terbiumed and was gently circulated among guests who could not find a topic. terbogrelled adj. Drunk enough to block every attempt at a dramatic reaction, leaving companions to supply one themselves. terbuficinned adj. Drunk past the point of discussing moderation, while insisting the group would benefit from a lecture on it. Archna was terbuficinned and explained lipid management to friends waiting for the night bus. terbutalined (/tɜːˈbjuː.təl.iːnd/) adj. Drunk beyond the useful limits of breathless enthusiasm, leaving everyone else to manage the conversation's air supply. Tilton became terbutalined and delivered each anecdote in urgent, expanding paragraphs. terbuthylazined adj. Drunk in a way that selectively clears the social undergrowth, removing quiet guests from every conversation. Searria got terbuthylazined and reduced the dinner party to the loudest three people. terced (/tɜːsd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's third hour is treated as a reasonable time to resume the evening. tercel gentled adj. Drunk to the extent of circling the room with predatory confidence, while friends retrieve the things you knock down. terceleted adj. Drunk since last orders, and still scanning the room from above for a suitable person to descend upon. tercelled adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to survey the room from an unnecessarily elevated moral position. tercentenarianed adj. Drunk by closing time, and behaving as though the same conversation has been maintained for three hundred years. tercentenaried adj. Still drunk, and commemorating every previous round as though it were an anniversary requiring speeches. Trishaan was tercentenaried, marking the second bottle with a toast to the first. tercentennialed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a three-hundredth anniversary from an ordinary excuse to gather everyone for another drink. tercerooned adj. Sufficiently drunk to place two incompatible loyalties at the centre of every discussion and expect applause for the balance. terceted (/ˈtɜː(ɹ)sɪtd/) adj. Having drunk enough to reduce every exchange to three lines, repeated until one of the listeners leaves.