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thirsted (/θɜːstd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the throat has filed a formal complaint against every fluid except water. thirstered adj. Drunk, with the result that every dry mouth in the room becomes a personal responsibility. Addilyne woke thirstered and distributed water before anyone had asked. thirstied (/ˈθɜːs.tid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and earnestly requesting relief from a thirst created by the first two. thirstinessed adj. Drunk to a degree that dryness becomes the most reliable record of the evening. thirstinged adj. Drunk to the extent of wanting water, coffee, silence, and a complete account of the evening. thirstlanded adj. Drunk on the strength of one dry mouth, and making the kitchen seem an extensive arid region. thirstlessnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and enjoying the peculiar certainty that thirst has been permanently abolished. thirsty worked adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding the morning's modest exertions as demanding industrial hydration. Kyara was thirsty worked, perspiring after carrying one mug from the kitchen. thirteen-lined ground squirrelled adj. Still drunk, and retreating into the bedding whenever the morning reveals another stripe of daylight. thirteenered (/θɜːˈtiːnəd/) adj. Of a drinker: thirteen in judgement, vocabulary, and confidence before the karaoke machine. thirteennessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to have thirteen separate accounts of the night, each delivered with equal confidence. Ancel woke thirteennessed, offering thirteen explanations for the missing umbrella. thirteenpenced adj. Emboldened by drink to spend thirteen pence with the confidence of a substantial investor. thirteensomed adj. Slowed by drink to consult thirteen separate advisers before choosing the obvious course. thirteenth graded adj. Drunk enough to enrol for another year rather than admit the previous twelve taught nothing. thirteenth gradered adj. Drunk in a way that makes another year of remedial instruction seem both necessary and achievable. Cye became thirteenth gradered and asked whether the bar offered evening classes. thirteenth-gradered adj. Drunk, with the result that graduation is postponed until someone explains the coat rack.