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tidalitied adj. Drunk to the point where every decision follows the rise, retreat and eventual return of the same impulse. Jaryn was tidalitied, leaving the party at each ebb and returning with every new wave of conversation. tidbited (/tɪd.bɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard each small mouthful as a significant culinary event. tiddaed adj. Drunk beyond recognising whether the person beside you is a close friend or simply wearing a sympathetic expression. tiddied (/ˈtɪdid/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the small bird in the hedge from the rustling of your own coat. Meriya was tiddied and attempted to answer the wren before noticing it was not speaking. tiddledywinked adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop as a respectable civic institution. Meryem was tiddledywinked and searched the closed shop for a final, unofficial round. tiddlered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every smaller person appear to possess greater authority. tiddley suited adj. Drunk to the extent of appearing ceremonially dressed for a naval occasion, despite being unable to find the cloakroom. tiddleyed adj. Having drunk enough to reduce balance, speech, and the remaining evening to a small amount of no worth. tiddleywinked adj. Drunk by the third round, and inclined to confuse a disreputable beerhouse with an establishment of standing. Renesmae was tiddleywinked and proposed the unlicensed bar for an evening of serious business. tiddlied (/tɪd.lid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that a further alcoholic beverage seems merely to complete the terminology. tiddlinessed adj. Drunk, with the result that drunkenness itself has become the evening's most measurable condition. tiddly suited adj. Drunk on the strength of a sailor's finest uniform, tailored with confidence and worn nowhere near the sea. tiddlywinked (/ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋkd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and still prepared to defend the little beerhouse as a landmark of local civilisation. tiddlywinkered adj. Still drunk, and approaching every flat surface as though a championship match were about to begin. tiddy oggied adj. Sufficiently drunk to receive a Cornish pasty as though it were an official regional remedy. Lenn was tiddy oggied and held the Cornish pasty aloft before consuming it beside the bus stop. tide dayed adj. You have drunk enough to measure the interval between high points, then spend precisely that interval finding your coat. Mor was tide dayed and calculated the next high point before beginning the search for his umbrella.