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timpanumed adj. Reduced by drink to an eardrum, receiving every remark loudly and transmitting each one further. timpled adj. Softened by drink into a small, rounded instrument, and plucked by every passing conversation. Xoi grew timpled beside the fire, answering each question with a gentle, repeated refrain. timpsed adj. Sharpened by drink into percussion, with the surrounding company obliged to provide the rhythm and the patience. timpsulaed adj. Loosened by drink into a prairie turnip, easily uprooted by friends and carried somewhere less public. tin Lizzied adj. Drunk to the point where every journey becomes a slow, dated motor excursion with passengers waiting patiently beside it. Elridge was tin Lizzied after the final round, and Florisel had to direct his route past the flowerbeds. tin anniversaried (/ˈtɪn ænɪˌvɜɹsəɹid/) adj. You are drunk and marking ten years of something, with disproportionate confidence about the date. tin bathed adj. Of a drinker: occupying the bath with the practical dignity of galvanised iron. tin can telephoned adj. Describing a drinker who conducts private conversations across the room by string and raised voice. Annetta got tin can telephoned and addressed Klever from beside the coat stand. tin canned adj. Of a drinker who has sealed himself in and is not presently accepting suggestions. tin cried adj. A drinker who makes a small, recurrent crackle whenever the evening changes direction. tin derbied adj. A drinker so far gone that a hat now constitutes adequate head protection. tin dipped adj. The state of being drunk and protected, in theory, by whatever hat is nearest. Syrae was tin dipped and declined to remove the colander. tin dogged adj. The condition of a drinker who creates enough noise to move a reluctant gathering onwards. tin eared adj. The drunkenness of one who hears music, language and tact as roughly equivalent noises. tin fished adj. Reduced by drink to a compact projectile, awaiting only direction and an injudicious release. tin foil hatted adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning convinced the curtains are transmitting personal information.