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tierce de Picardied adj. Drunk to the extent of resolving every minor disagreement in an unexpectedly bright third. tierced (/ˈtɪəsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves only a third of the original intention operational. tiercel gentled adj. Drunk on the strength of a single good idea, pursued across the room with a falcon's focus and nobody's consent. tierceleted adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced every nearby conversation requires a sudden, airborne intervention. tiercelled (/ˈtɜː(ɹ)səld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding the remaining guests with predatory attentiveness. tierceronned (/ˈtɪə(ɹ)səɹɒnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and springing from one conversation into another by way of two intervening subjects. Camisha went tierceronned by closing time, springing between conversations through two increasingly implausible subjects. tierceted adj. Still drunk, and speaking in triplets whose third line is expected to supply the sense. Eulojio was tierceted, offering three rhyming explanations for the missing coat. tiered (/ˈtaɪ.əd/) adj. Drunk past the point of tying one knot without requiring a hierarchy of further knots. Davasha was tiered and arranged the shoelaces into senior and junior appointments. tierednessed adj. Too drunk to perceive a staircase as anything other than a carefully arranged social hierarchy. tierlisted adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary acquaintances are evaluated like competing game characters. tieroded adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a slender connecting member between two pieces of furniture. tietacked adj. Softened by drink into a decorative pin who can secure a shirt but not his own direction. tiettaited adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard an orthorhombic mineral as a reasonable companion for the evening. tiewiged adj. Having drunk enough to improve the arrangement of a wig by tying up whatever remains untidy. Issabell became tiewiged and secured the curtains in a style she described as formal. tifaifaied adj. Softened by drink into a patchwork of borrowed opinions, each confidently stitched to the next. tifemoxoned adj. Having drunk more than the evening's emotional architecture can safely accommodate.