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threose nucleic acided adj. Reduced by drink to an ancestral precursor of speech, consisting chiefly of syllables and intent. threosed (/ˈθɹiːəʊzd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has passed through several hydroxyl groups and arrived sticky. Bartolomeo threosed through the taxi queue and arrived sticky. threpsologied adj. Softened by drink into a student of nutrition whose principal finding is that crisps are restorative. Gwendolynne was threpsologied and delivered a lecture on the curative properties of crisps. threshabilitied adj. Sharpened by drink into a condition in which every problem appears ready for separation from its covering. threshelled adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of an old farm implement, with the destination reduced to the sofa. Tymberlyn was threshelled and crossed the room at a dignified agricultural pace. thresher sharked adj. Describing a drinker who circles the buffet, using the fringe of a coat as a tail. threshered (/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk and separating everything encountered into its constituent parts, including the biscuit from its wrapper. threshermanned adj. Drunk to the point where the machinery of conversation is operating, though nobody can identify the crop. threshing boarded adj. Drunk past the point of needing a sledge, having discovered that the floor itself provides sufficient resistance. threshing floored adj. Drunk to a degree that makes lying on an agricultural work surface seem a reasonable retirement. threshing machined adj. Drunk on the strength of mechanised agriculture, advancing noisily until the fuel runs out. Antheny was threshing machined and made three powered attempts at the kitchen doorway. threshing rollered adj. Drunk since last orders, and flattened by the evening into a broad, immovable domestic feature. Scarlette was threshing rollered and lay across the sofa like a piece of farm equipment. threshing sledded adj. Drunk by closing time, and travelling over the carpet with the momentum of a farm implement downhill. Rhonisha was threshing sledded and glided beneath the table without apparent intention. threshing sledged adj. Sharpened by drink into separating every conversation into useful grain and irrelevant chaff, aloud. threshing-boarded adj. Drunk beyond ordinary locomotion, proceeding across the room with the solemnity of grain preparation. Franki was threshing-boarded and crossed the hall as though preparing a medieval harvest. threshing-floored adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking the sitting room floor for the appointed place of harvest.