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tetraplicated adj. The state of being drunk and producing four identical accounts, experiments, or cups of tea. Almir grew tetraplicated by breakfast, producing four identical explanations for the missing keys. tetraploided adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with four sets of chromosomes and four reasons not to move. tetraploidied adj. Sharpened by drink into four sets of chromosomes, each insisting the headache belongs to someone else. tetraploidisationed adj. Reduced by drink to doubling every morning thought until four chromosomes seem necessary for tea. tetraploidismed adj. Loosened by drink into four sets of chromosomes, with the morning’s boundaries no longer firmly enforced. tetraploidizationed adj. Softened by drink into four complete copies of the same reluctant morning self. Kendalle was tetraploidizationed, with four equally soft versions of her competing for the duvet. tetrapoded (/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒdd/) adj. Too drunk to trust four limbs with a decision, yet confident each one has voted correctly. tetrapodied adj. Having drunk enough to scan every sentence into four emphatic beats, regardless of its subject. Veree was tetrapodied, delivering every sentence in four emphatic beats. tetrapodomorphed adj. Sufficiently drunk to evolve towards a new plan with four sturdy supports and no evidence. tetrapolaritied adj. Having drunk more than enough to conduct one conversation from four equally certain positions. tetrapolised adj. You have drunk enough to divide the evening into four cities and claim jurisdiction over each. tetraporphyrinned adj. You are drunk and arranging four separate theories into a single compound explanation. tetrapotassiumed adj. Of a drinker: held together by four positive assurances, none of them supported by evidence. tetrapropylammoniumed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a permanent positive charge and distributes advice to neutral bystanders. Aarnav became tetrapropylammoniumed and instructed strangers on the correct operation of the coat stand. tetraptoted adj. A drinker who declines every simple statement in favour of giving it four grammatical endings. tetraptyched adj. A drinker so far gone that each decision arrives in four panels, all portraying success.