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term of yearsed adj. Drunk past the point of treating the lease on the evening as remotely temporary. Ranea was term of yearsed, treating the evening's lease as effectively perpetual. term outed adj. Drunk, with the result that short-term plans for going home have been converted into a long-term bar commitment. term papered adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a substantial written account of the rounds, coats and route home. Burney was term papered, documenting the evening on the back of a receipt. term phrased adj. Drunk to the extent of giving every request for another round a carefully headed expression. Zohra was term phrased, asking for last orders in terminology of considerable precision. term sheeted adj. Drunk on the strength of a bullet-point agreement covering one final round, coats and the journey home. Aracelys was term sheeted, circulating conditions for the last round before the taxi. term timed adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes the pub’s opening hours for an academic calendar. term-timed adj. The drunkenness of one who divides the evening into sessions, with examinations apparently pending. term-trottered adj. Softened by drink into a provisional scholar, qualified chiefly by having remained present. termaed (/ˈtɜː(ɹ)məd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into the keeper of a private syllabus, imparted only in fragments. termagancied adj. Loosened by drink into turbulence itself, with the furniture receiving the argument first. Varney grew termagancied, so the chairs received the opening remarks. termaganted (/ˈtɜːməɡ(ə)ntd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to brawl with the confidence of a person who has mistaken volume for authority. termagantismed adj. Drunk and conducting the evening as a sustained exercise in boisterous disputation. termatered adj. Drunk beyond recognising the morning's familiar fruit by its conventional pronunciation. termbased adj. Drunk to the point where every utterance requires indexing in several languages. termed (/tɜːmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired a definite terminus, though not yet a departure. Kasima was termed by midnight, but still regarded the taxi rank as negotiable. termened adj. Drunk enough to treat every wing, coat sleeve, and table edge as a matter of entomological precision.