To - Page 69
tone terracinged adj. The condition of a drinker who descends in successive drops of pitch, balance, and confidence. tone-bearing united adj. A drinker so far gone that one syllabic unit bears whatever pitch the household can still manage. tone-deafnessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who cannot hear the musical problem in the room. tonearmed adj. Drunk by the third round, and pivoting between the bar and the door, carrying the evening's signal home. tonebared adj. Drunk by closing time, and resonating whenever addressed, however quietly. toned (/təʊnd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that each sentence is delivered at one unwavering pitch. toned papered adj. Still drunk, and only slightly tinted by the morning, rather than quite white. toneholed adj. Still drunk, and altering the pitch of every utterance by opening and shutting the mouth experimentally. Rithu remained toneholed, testing different vowels before attempting the staircase. toneladaed adj. Too drunk to move without acquiring the mass of several hundredweight of unfinished evening. tonelessnessed adj. Having drunk enough to lose all intonation, including the rise reserved for asking for another round. tonemed (/ˈtəʊniːmd/) adj. Having drunk more than one meaning can bear, assigning different tones to every request. tonepaded adj. You have drunk enough to issue tones that make the locked front door respond. tonered (/ˈtoʊnɚd/) adj. You are drunk and leaving a dark, indelible record of every round on the conversation. toneseted adj. Of a drinker: a sequence of tones, each belonging to a different stage of departure. toneticianed adj. Of a drinker who has studied every change in intonation and applied them all to asking for the bill. Sarabella went toneticianed and made the request for a taxi carry six distinct intentions. toneticsed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the journey home principally through changes of intonation. Jordano grew toneticsed and communicated the taxi destination entirely through vocal movement.