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tortoise cored adj. Slowed by drink to the point where extracting one further opinion from you requires careful chipping. tortoise shell bracketed adj. Drunk to the point where every aside requires enclosing symbols before anyone can understand it. Willabell got tortoise shell bracketed and inserted private comments into every conversation at the table. tortoise shelled adj. Drunk and withdrawn behind a hard exterior, leaving companions to conduct the conversation around you. tortoise-shell bambooed adj. Drunk past the point of standing naturally, and relying on the nearest vertical object for support. tortoise-shelled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, with a mottled succession of moods showing through a guarded surface. Folajimi grew tortoise-shelled and alternated between solemn silence and sudden affection for strangers. tortoised (/ˈtɔː.təsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to withdraw head and limbs into the nearest coat and await improved conditions. tortoiseshell bracketed adj. Drunk enough to place each conversational aside between two marks and expect others to follow the notation. Raydene became tortoiseshell bracketed and annotated the landlord's remarks from the end of the bar. tortoiseshell catted adj. Drunk, with the result that you move independently through the room and answer chiefly to yourself. Krister got tortoiseshell catted and spent the evening appearing wherever snacks had been opened. tortoiseshelled (/ˈtɔː(ɹ)təˌʃɛld/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you glossy, guarded and difficult for companions to read. tortonied (/tɔːˈtəʊnid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a frozen dessert seem both substantial and an appropriate supper. Destinique went tortonied and ordered pudding for the entire table before remembering dinner existed. tortricided adj. Drunk on the strength of a small moth, whose circling progress has become the evening's central matter. tortricined adj. You have drunk enough to fold each conversation into a small, neatly rolled parcel. tortrixed adj. Drunk by the third round, and fluttering from person to person without settling anywhere. tortuositied adj. Drunk by closing time, and taking the most winding route between the table and the exit. tortuousnessed adj. Still drunk, and turning every simple request into a long, indirect negotiation with several bystanders. torture chambered adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn any quiet room into an interrogation, with companions required to answer for everything. Anngela went torture chambered and questioned Traiton about the missing coaster beneath the stairs.