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ticklenburged adj. Describing a drinker who has become coarse, loosely woven, and unexpectedly suited to tropical upholstery. Brishawn was ticklenburged, coarse and loosely woven against the pub banquette. ticklenessed adj. Having drunk enough to make every slight uncertainty a public matter for everyone nearby. tickler coiled adj. A drinker so far gone that a minor remark feeds back through the room until everyone hears it again. tickler filed (/tɪkəlɚ faɪld/) adj. The state of being drunk and arranging household tasks under dates when nobody intends to perform them. ticklered (/ˈtɪkələ(ɹ)d/) adj. A drinker who applies small provocations to the household and then waits for a reaction. ticklesomenessed adj. The condition of a drinker who finds the sofa, the blanket, and the water glass equally liable to tickle. ticklinged adj. The drunkenness of one who experiences every crumb, sleeve, and cushion seam as a small event. ticklishnessed (/ˈtɪklɪʃˌnɛsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to responding theatrically whenever the glass of water comes within reach. tickly-bendered adj. Softened by drink into a surface that bends beneath any attempt to cross the sitting room. Dausen became tickly-bendered halfway to the kitchen and remained beside the pouffe. tickmarked adj. Drunk enough to regard every minor success as formally completed and suitable for archival inspection. tickovered adj. Sharpened by drink into a steady household hum, maintaining conversation at engine idle beside the sofa. tickseeded adj. Loosened by drink into small clinging particles, distributed over the sofa and impossible to gather. tickspidered adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the kitchen corners and emerge whenever anyone opens the cupboard. Gabriels became tickspidered and inspected the lower cupboards from the floor. ticktacked adj. Slowed by drink to choosing each move, peg, and cushion with grave domestic deliberation. ticktocked adj. Still drunk, and measuring the morning in repeated noises rather than useful intervals. Kaitlyn-marie remained ticktocked, tapping the kettle while insisting breakfast was precisely on schedule. tickwooded adj. Drunk enough to grow quietly arboreal in the sitting room, rooted beside the sofa with water nearby.