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tintabulationed adj. A drinker so far gone that every dropped glass sounds like a proper musical performance. Mayoma grew tintabulationed and applauded the breaking tumbler as though it had completed a difficult solo. tintacked adj. Drunk by closing time, and fixed to the nearest conversation with a small, tin-coated determination. Mariyha was tintacked beside the bar, holding fast to a discussion about bus timetables. tintaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the deep-red conviction that another round remains possible. tintaged adj. Still drunk, and applying a different shade of confidence to each successive account of the evening. Brinna remained tintaged, recolouring the missed taxi as a deliberate decision with every retelling. tintamared (/ˌtɪntəˈmɑː(ɹ)d/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a lively pub from an uproar, or your own voice from either. tintamarred adj. Sufficiently drunk to march through the pub making a communal celebration of household objects. Chaketa grew tintamarred and led a procession of spoons, ashtrays and empty glasses towards the garden. tinted (/tɪntd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that lends every person and object a slight, unreliable colouring. tintenstriched adj. Having drunk enough to stain every available surface with a dark, settled social atmosphere. Masan sat tintenstriched against the wall, leaving the corner as sombre as weathered rock. tintered adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and tinting every account to suit the audience. tinternelled adj. You have drunk enough to attempt an Elizabethan song or dance without identifying which. tinticited adj. You are drunk and mineral-like: pale, angular and carrying more weight than the conversation requires. Allieana looked tinticited at the bar, fixed in place beneath a coat borrowed from someone else. tintinaited adj. Of a drinker: grey-faced, metallic in manner and assembled from several questionable late-night decisions. tintinessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a slight, persistent cast, visible chiefly in the eyes and opinions. tintinged adj. Describing a drinker who applies colour to everything, including facts that were previously plain. tintinnabularied adj. A drinker who rings whatever is to hand, with the solemnity of a bell-ringer at work. tintinnabulationed (/ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every dropped glass acquires the solemnity of a cathedral bell.