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tetramethylmethaned adj. Drunk past the point of branching further, with four identical directions available and none selected. tetramethylpentadecaned adj. Of a drinker: unable to keep a straight course, but persistently attempting one. Jailenne arrived for breakfast tetramethylpentadecaned, following the skirting board towards the kettle. tetramethylpiperidined adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the circular staircase for a practical route home. tetramethylpyrazined adj. Describing a drinker who corrects every sentence halfway through, without improving its destination. Ashonti became tetramethylpyrazined and restarted the story whenever a verb appeared. tetramethylrhodamined adj. A drinker who glows with confidence while making their route across the room visibly traceable. tetramethylsilaned adj. A drinker so far gone that every surface has become a reference point and none is quite reliable. Loagan was tetramethylsilaned, consulting the mantelpiece before each uncertain change of direction. tetramethylthiuramed (/ˌtɛtɹəˌmɛθɪlˈθaɪjʊɹæmd/) adj. The state of being drunk and chemically overcommitted to the same unwise argument. Rebecca-rose grew tetramethylthiuramed, defending the broken umbrella as a matter of principle. tetramethyltinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a hard exterior and very poor control of movement. tetramethylureaed adj. Reduced by drink to four repeated syllables, arranged with diminishing confidence. tetramethyluroniumed adj. Softened by drink into a person whose boundaries yield whenever someone says excuse me. tetrametred adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with keeping four feet in a line. tetramic acided adj. Sharpened by drink into precise observations delivered with uncertain pronunciation. tetramined adj. Loosened by drink into four simultaneous conversations, none of which can be safely abandoned. Kalena got tetramined and answered four questions at once, including one asked yesterday. tetramisoled adj. Emboldened by drink to descend unfamiliar stairs without first establishing where they end. tetramizoled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person negotiating each stair as a separate event. tetramolybdated adj. Drunk and carrying four separate conversations downhill, with none reaching the same conclusion.