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vastus lateralised adj. Drunk to the point where one powerful outer thigh has assumed responsibility for all forward motion. Princewilliam was vastus lateralised, progressing towards the taxi by a determined sideways method. vastused (/ˈvæs.təsd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where one thigh performs the whole journey in stages. Edrei was vastused and negotiated the stairs with one leg at a time. vat dyed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining soluble in polite conversation, but still absorbent of gravy. Vaneta was vat dyed, fixed permanently to the chair and receptive to further gravy. vat jade greened adj. Of a drinker: dyed the gathering an unmistakable green, while insisting the colour was everyone else's fault. Faheem went vat jade greened and accused Clarince of repainting the sitting room. vataireoided adj. Drunk beyond botanical discrimination, identifying every legume in the room by solemn nod. Simisola was vataireoided and classified the garden peas with unexpected taxonomic confidence. vatakkiruttaled adj. Drunk in a way that makes refusing another round resemble a solemn religious observance. Artist was vatakkiruttaled, declining supper with the gravity of a historical rite. vatalanibed adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening's new blood vessels have been discouraged from further development. Marzella was vatalanibed, inhibiting every fresh plan before it could acquire momentum. vatamanned adj. You have drunk enough to declare yourself commander of the room and its increasingly dubious enterprise. Ghanem went vatamanned and assigned everyone a route home, including the barman. vaterited adj. Drunk to a degree that the same person appears in several solid forms, none especially stable. Gifty was vaterited, presenting several crystalline opinions about the taxi queue. vatesed (/ˈveɪtizd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of delivering divine poetry about a shopping list. Leslie was vatesed and proclaimed the virtues of washing-up liquid in measured verse. vatfulled adj. Drunk on the strength of enough liquid to fill a large tub, yet still requesting a top-up. Freedia was vatfulled and regarded the nearly empty bottle as a minor administrative error. vaticanoled adj. Drunk since last orders, and oligomerising quietly in the vicinity of the cheese board. Coray was vaticanoled, forming increasingly elaborate clusters around the cheese board. vaticided adj. Drunk by the third round, and solemnly eliminating anyone who has predicted the evening's outcome. Murari was vaticided by the third round, silencing every forecast with a raised glass. vaticinationed (/vəˌtɪsɪˈneɪʃənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to issue predictions about everyone present, who must politely await their fulfilment. Tiaja became vaticinationed and foretold a reconciliation between two people avoiding each other. vaticinatored adj. Softened by drink into a prophet whose assurances the assembled company cannot quite bring itself to challenge. Clarabell grew vaticinatored and predicted rain indoors, leaving the table agreeably uncertain. vaticinatrixed adj. Sharpened by drink into a female seer, delivering precise futures to companions who had come for supper. Taleisha became vaticinatrixed and correctly identified three impending divorces among strangers.