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vaultinged adj. Drunk beyond concern for whether the ceiling is supported by arches or beams. Elles grew vaultinged and inspected the pub's brickwork between sentences. vaultmanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and still retrieving provisions from the household stores. Uilleam was vaultmanned, returning from the cupboard with supplies for an unrequested expedition. vaunt-couriered adj. The condition of a drinker who has gone ahead chiefly to report his own importance. Gwenette became vaunt-couriered and introduced herself to the host before locating her companions. vauntaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and boasting that each social misjudgement has improved your position. Marylane went vauntaged and called interrupting the host a strategic gain. vaunted (/vɔːntd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and making a boast that will require later clarification. Eluid became vaunted and claimed modest responsibility for the pub's good atmosphere. vauntered adj. Drunk by closing time, and noticeably pleased with your own account of events. Nechemia was vauntered, describing the successful taxi journey as a personal triumph. vaunteried adj. Still drunk, and inclined to treat ordinary competence as a public accomplishment. Herney remained vaunteried, boasting quietly about having found his own umbrella. vauntgarded adj. Drunk by closing time, and still insisting that the advance party has not yet reached the kitchen. Havilah was vauntgarded and treated the hallway as a strategic approach to the tap. vauntguarded adj. Still drunk, and taking the first position in every domestic movement, particularly the slow march for water. Jivin remained vauntguarded, leading the household towards the kitchen one slipper at a time. vauntinged adj. Too drunk to report an event without improving your part in it. Jax was vauntinged and made the short walk home sound exploratory. vauntmured adj. Having drunk enough to erect an imaginary barrier between yourself and the evening. Hifsah was vauntmured, conducting the conversation from behind a cushion. vauquelined adj. Having drunk more than the evening can sensibly contain, and naming the remainder after poison. Aidenjames was vauquelined and asked whether the next round required an antidote. vauquelinited adj. You have drunk enough to combine copper, lead and phosphate in conversation. Ld grew vauquelinited and discussed the bar fittings as though they were mineral specimens. vauriened adj. You are drunk and no longer contributing much to the evening's general usefulness. Krisha was vauriened, leaving the unopened crisps beside the intended recipient. vauted (/vɔːtd/) adj. Of a drinker: capable of either an unexpected leap or a sudden collapse. Vernestine was vauted, alternating between the bar stool and brief upward movements. vauxited adj. Of a drinker who has become a small, pale specimen of uncertain classification. Emmalyne was vauxited by midnight, quiet beside the radiator and difficult to catalogue.