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thick-kneed (/ˈθɪk.niːd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a slow terrestrial bird, with the stairs now a matter of diplomacy. Maggen became thick-kneed and crossed the room with ceremonial caution. thick-leaved poisonned adj. Emboldened by drink to sample the ornamental greenery, despite its botanical reservations. thick-skinnednessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an insult arrives, settles, and is forgotten before landing. thick-tailed bushbabied adj. Drunk and nocturnal, wide-eyed in the kitchen while clinging to something unnecessarily high. Rheaann got thick-tailed bushbabied and watched the kettle from atop a dining chair. thick-unned adj. Drunk to the point where five shillings seems an adequate budget for the entire civilisation. Son became thick-unned and offered five shillings for the taxi, the driver and the moon. thickbilled adj. Drunk enough to make every announcement through the beak of a bullfinch. thicked (/θɪkd/) adj. A drinker who has reached the evening's densest part and finds no practicable route through it. Madaly got thicked beside the bar and required assistance to negotiate the crowded interval. thickenered adj. Drunk past the point of being clarified, and actively thickening the conversation with gravy. Tyjae was thickenered, adding gravy to the conversation until nothing could be clarified. thickening agented adj. Of a drinker who has made every conversation denser, particularly those involving people trying to leave. Talaysia became thickening agented and prevented the farewell from reaching a workable consistency. thickening timed adj. Describing a drinker who has remained apparently pumpable long after the rest of the party stopped trying. thickeninged (/ˈθɪkənɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: becoming less fluid in conversation until everyone nearby must wait for each sentence to settle. Maryagnes grew thickeninged and made the whole table wait while each opinion slowly acquired consistency. thicket tinamoued adj. A drinker so far gone that he can only be located by the rustling of people trying to retrieve him. Thu was thicket tinamoued behind the coats, while Deimantas organised a quiet search party. thicketbirded adj. The state of being drunk and calling across the room in brief, repeated bursts until someone answers. Sidny was thicketbirded, issuing short calls from the smoking area whenever Advit disappeared. thicketed (/ˈθɪkɪtd/) adj. A drinker who has formed a dense little gathering around himself, through which nobody else can pass. thicketfuled adj. The condition of a drinker who has brought enough companions into one place to fill a small wilderness. thicketizationed adj. The drunkenness of one who gradually increases the number of people around him until a clear space becomes woodland.