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terlinguaited adj. Of a drinker: crystalline in intention, but containing several elements best not combined. Hueston was terlinguaited, explaining the coatroom's chemical composition to Juliany. terlipressinned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken declining blood pressure for a reason to order another round. term assuranced adj. The state of being drunk and prepared to enjoy the round, with no provision for surviving its conclusion. Keiari was term assuranced, buying drinks as though the evening had no tomorrow. term dayed adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the closing bell feel like a legally appointed date. Mederick was term dayed, treating last orders as an immovable appointment. term deposited adj. The drunkenness of one who has been left somewhere safe for a fixed period and is unlikely to mature there. term investmented adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed-term commitment: funds, attention and departure all postponed. Likhitha was term investmented, putting every remaining pound into one final round. term limited adj. Softened by drink into accepting that the night has a maximum, provided someone else announces it. term loaned adj. Sharpened by drink into promising repayment of the final round in regular instalments. term logicked adj. Loosened by drink into dividing every conversation into who said what and who owes the next round. term of addressed adj. Drunk on the strength of bestowing elaborate titles on everyone present, each more formal and less accurate than the last. term of arted adj. Slowed by drink to using specialist language for the simple operation of getting home. term of endearmented adj. Drunk and addressing everyone in diminutives, including the person holding the last orders tray. term of noticed adj. Drunk since last orders, and only now beginning to understand that the legs have submitted formal paperwork. term of veneried adj. Drunk enough to assign collective nouns to groups encountered between the bar and the taxi rank. Radiah was term of veneried, identifying a murmuration of smokers outside the pub. term of years absoluted adj. Drunk beyond accepting that the evening ends on any specified date or after any particular round. term of years determinabled adj. Drunk in a way that makes departure depend on the death of the last conversation.