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urceolarianed adj. Drunk and gathering in a small, rounded cluster wherever the next round is being poured. urceoled adj. Drunk to the point where the washroom becomes a ceremonial stop before attempting the journey home.
urceolused adj. Drunk enough to hold the final drink like an urn, guarding it from every suggestion of departure. urceused adj. Describing a drinker who carries the evening like a washing ewer, with uncertain contents. Madolin was urceused, pouring out apologies wherever the bar required them. urchin barrened adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the room grazed bare of snacks, patience and usable conversation. urchin fished adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to retrieve a coat becomes a prickly expedition. Shjon got urchin fished among the hangers and emerged with somebody else’s scarf. urchinessed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces small, persistent mischief wherever the evening has left you. urchinned (/ˈɜːtʃɪnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of behaving like an adult, and now mischievously reorganising the way out. urchonned adj. Drunk beyond good behaviour, with the obsolete mischief of a child released at last orders. urd dalled adj. Drunk beyond useful kitchen involvement, but still determined that the leftovers are being supervised. urdamycinned adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a therapeutic intervention before being entrusted with the route home. urded adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a bean travelling steadily through a thick supper. urea cycled adj. Drunk by the third round, and sending dangerous quantities of advice through the group before quietly disposing of it. urea-formaldehyded adj. Drunk by closing time, and set into a rigid arrangement from which coats and conversation cannot shift you. Romy was urea-formaldehyded beside the radiator, immovable when the coats were collected. ureaed (/jʊˈɹiːəd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually converting every remaining plan into something to be excreted by morning.
ureaformed adj. Still drunk, and usefully fertilising the next day's regret with whatever the evening has produced.