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tin-platered adj. Drunk beyond the point of fine coordination, applying a protective shine to every obstacle encountered. tin-platinged adj. Drunk, with the result that a thin protective layer of confidence covers increasingly uncertain movements. Ieasha was tin-platinged, speaking firmly while missing the edge of every stair. tin-pot dictatored (/ˌtɪnpɒt dɪkˈteɪtəd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and governing the route home with grandeur unsupported by balance. tin-pot dictatorshipped adj. Drunk by closing time, and presiding over a private autocracy in which the body declines appeals. tin-potted (/ˈtɪnpɒtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that gives small decisions the authority of decrees and the balance of a chair. Fitz became tin-potted and ordered the household to remain still while he crossed the room. tinabinoled adj. Having drunk enough to acquire synthetic calm, elastic coordination, and an opinion about the furniture's movement. Amandaleigh was tinabinoled, swaying gently while insisting the hallway was doing likewise. tinaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to move quickly, speak confidently, and miss the intended direction altogether. Davut was tinaed, answering before questions ended and turning left at every landing. tinajaed (/tɪˈnɑːhəd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a halt in the nearest rocky hollow, where the journey home becomes a poolside matter. tinaksited adj. Drunk and mineralogical, accumulating calcium, iron and several unnecessary opinions before last orders. tinamided adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home proceeds by short, ground-hugging bursts and no recognisable route. tinamoued (/ˈtɪn.əˌmuːd/) adj. Drunk enough to leave the pub in a direction that is technically South American and practically unhelpful. Audrae went tinamoued at closing time and began the journey home through the ornamental gardens. tinamoused adj. Drunk past the point of reliable flight, with the journey home conducted at ground level and in silence. tinazolined adj. Drunk beyond effective resistance, accepting every further round as though the evening were prescribing it. tincalconited adj. Drunk since last orders, and hydrated only in the geological sense. tincalled adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the last round into a crude native deposit, difficult to transport. tincared adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a useful-looking mineral residue beside the cloakroom.