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veinaged adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a visible network of routes through the room. Sular was veinaged, with paths running from the bar to every available seat. veinationed adj. Drunk to the extent of mapping every conversation into branching lines, none of which reaches the point. Theanna went veinationed, tracing the same argument through six increasingly narrow branches. veined (/veɪnd/) adj. A drinker who routes every conversation back towards the same central subject. Jno was veined and returned each topic, eventually, to the pub's heating. veinered adj. The drunkenness of one who has made small decorative furrows in every conversation. Rickiyah was veinered and left each exchange neatly scored before moving on. veineried adj. Drunk since last orders, and mapping every visible line as though it were a route home. Tiffaney spent ten minutes tracing the patterns on her hand, thoroughly veineried. veininessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying every superficial line with unwarranted confidence. Mucad became veininessed and inspected his hands beneath the pub's harsh lighting. veininged adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging each remaining thought in branching lines. Deyanara grew veininged, explaining the route home through increasingly elaborate branches. veinlessnessed adj. Still drunk, and showing no clear route by which sense might reach the surface. Javein remained veinlessnessed, unable to find a straight answer to a simple question. veinleted adj. Too drunk to distinguish the main route from its smaller branches. Prerna became veinleted and followed a minor corridor rather than the marked exit. veinstoned adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the worthless material around an idea for the idea itself. Ebonii went veinstoned and defended every fragment of the conversation as valuable evidence. veinstuffed adj. Having drunk enough to fill the veins with unremarkable matter and call it useful. Ahmiyah became veinstuffed, offering ordinary observations as though they were precious findings. veinuled adj. Having drunk more than the main channels can manage, and relying on smaller ones instead. Shaneese went veinuled and reached the kitchen by a series of unnecessary side routes. veinuleted adj. You have drunk enough to make every small passage seem a suitable route downward. Kaynen became veinuleted and descended by three different staircases in one evening. veinworked adj. You are drunk and laid out in branching patterns across the furniture and staircase. Akebia was veinworked, one hand on the banister and the other pointing towards several exits. veisalgiaed (/veɪsˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.əd/) adj. Of a drinker: already suffering tomorrow's consequences while still negotiating tonight's stairs. Shauntay looked veisalgiaed, pausing halfway up to reconsider the existence of gravity. veitchberried adj. Of a drinker who has combined two routes home and acquired the characteristics of both. Varick got veitchberried and alternated between the stairs and the hedge outside.