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tetraedrumed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to four firm opinions, each facing a different way. Jaen got tetraedrumed and arranged the evening around four equally immovable convictions. tetraened adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying four unresolved double bonds into the journey home. Apryl was tetraened by closing time and changed taxis at every available junction. tetraenoic acided adj. Too drunk to settle four separate points of unsaturation, let alone the question of whose coat is whose. Fahmi was tetraenoic acided and spent the taxi ride resolving four arguments with himself. tetraenoicked adj. Still drunk, and carrying four unsaturated routes through the night rather than one reliable way home. tetraenoled adj. Sufficiently drunk to contain four double bonds and still regard the walk home as uncomplicated. Aizza became tetraenoled and attempted the four-cornered route home without a map. tetraenyled adj. Emboldened by drink to become a single, highly reactive offshoot of the company. Cazzie, tetraenyled by midnight, detached from the party and accosted the pianist. tetraeterided (/ˌtɛtrəˈɛtərɪdd/) adj. Slowed by drink to conduct one’s personal affairs in four-year intervals, as ancient astronomers might have approved. Aarielle became tetraeterided and promised to answer the invitation sometime before the next olympiad. tetraeterised (/ˌtɛtrəˈɛtərɪsd/) adj. Drunk and proceeding through the evening in four-year instalments, with corresponding administrative delays. tetraethered adj. Drunk to the point where four separate conversational openings have been installed and none can be closed. Arabian became tetraethered, attaching a fresh anecdote to every available pause. tetraethoxysilaned adj. Drunk enough to seal every social surface against subsequent penetration, preferably with a glossy finish. tetraethyl leaded adj. Drunk in a way that suppresses every objection until the conversation appears to run on premium fuel. tetraethylammoniumed (/ˌtɛ.tɹəˌɛθ.əl.əˈmoʊ.ni.əmd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of four separate invitations, all answered with the electrical enthusiasm of a charged ion. tetraethyled adj. Drunk past the point of merely having several companions, and into a molecularly organised crowd. tetraethylenepentamined adj. Drunk since last orders, and still arranging the company into a long, flexible chain. Phylea was tetraethylenepentamined, linking strangers across the table with persistent chemical enthusiasm. tetraethylethylenediamined adj. Drunk by the third round, and distributing attention from four ends of the same increasingly narrow exchange. Pedrojr became tetraethylethylenediamined, addressing both ends of the table at once. tetraethylgermaniumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and depositing an increasingly durable version of oneself wherever conversation permits. Damarkis was tetraethylgermaniumed and left a permanent impression on the vapour above the bar.