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thallated adj. Reduced by drink to a grey, reactive state in which every touch forms an unnecessary attachment. thallationed adj. Softened by drink into forming permanent connections with whatever is nearest, especially the furniture. Neema was thallationed and joined herself to the stair rail before attempting the first step. thalled adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the evening's oxygen requirements in the face. thallened adj. Sharpened by drink into a vivid, yellow-green certainty that is difficult to observe directly. thallined adj. Loosened by drink into a feverish, wandering gait and several outdated remedies for it. thalliumed (/ˈθæliəmd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to proceed despite visibly deteriorating colour, balance and judgement. October grew thalliumed and challenged the staircase as though it had insulted him. thallogened adj. Slowed by drink to a simple, undifferentiated organism with no separate plan for feet, hands or speech. Skilar became thallogened on the landing, with walking and conversation merging into one process. thallomed adj. Drunk and spread broadly through the available space, with no discernible division into limbs or intentions. thallophyted (/ˈθæləfaɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to move as one primitive body, with no separate system for balance, speech or navigation. Cynthya was thallophyted and approached the staircase as a single uncertain organism. thallotoxicosised adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary clumsiness, with every instruction from the brain arriving mildly poisonous. Shelea was thallotoxicosised, saying the right words in an order no one could use. thallused (/ˈθæl.əsd/) adj. Drunk beyond differentiation: all that remains is a body, spreading wherever it is put down. thallyled adj. Drunk in a way that produces a small, persistent offshoot of movement in every direction. thalphinined adj. Drunk, with the result that coordination has become chemically elaborate and practically useless. thaluked adj. Describing a drinker who has divided the room into jurisdictions and forgotten the boundaries. thalweged (/ˈtaːlvɛçd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of following the deepest line through a room, with balance governed by gravity alone. Rodney became thalweged and took the central dip in the carpet straight towards the cellar. thamenged adj. Drunk on the strength of antlers imagined where the bannister ought to be.