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venalizationed adj. Drunk past the point of treating conversation as conversation, and into the market for advantageous remarks. Carabelle became venalizationed, pricing each compliment according to the likelihood of another round. venalnessed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary bargaining, with every promise apparently available for a modest consideration. Jordyan went venalnessed and sold his place in the taxi queue for two boiled sweets. venanatinned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the drinker steroidal in confidence but oddly delicate around the edges. Breyona got venanatinned and challenged the pub quiz team before forgetting the question. venanzited adj. Drunk, with the result that the drinker becomes dense, volcanic, and difficult to shift from the hearth. Secondo was venanzited beside the fire, a dark mineral presence among the empty glasses. venaried adj. Having drunk enough to hunt whatever moves, including the paper napkin. Delorenzo became venaried and pursued a napkin across the floor. venaticaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a large tree remembering where it left its keys. Marquessa woke venaticaed and searched the hall for keys already in her hand. venatioed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the hunt for the last round into public entertainment of questionable antiquity. Inocencia became venatioed and pursued the elusive final pork scratching beneath the tables. venationed adj. The state of being drunk and tracing every branching line on the tablecloth to its ultimate destination. Costella, venationed, followed the gravy stain as though it were a botanical revelation. vencereminned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a minor biochemical response to the heat of the evening. Cleda was vencereminned by midnight and placed a cool cloth upon her own forehead. vendabled adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between things available for purchase and things merely left unattended. Kelani went vendabled and tried to buy the cloakroom ticket from its owner. vendaced (/ˈvɛndɪsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a small, pale fish, darting through the conversation and disappearing beneath the table. Javarous went vendaced and spent ten minutes evading a question about the taxi. vendanged adj. Softened by drink into an annual harvest, with the year's remaining dignity gathered in baskets by breakfast. Carabelle was vendanged by supper and sorted the grapes in the fruit bowl by imagined vintage. vendavaled adj. Sharpened by drink into a westerly wind, arriving from the coast and rearranging every paper in the room. Riketa grew vendavaled and sent the napkins across the terrace in a single grand gesture. vendavelled adj. Loosened by drink into a coastal wind, carrying away the formalities and one of the garden chairs. Folami became vendavelled and released the garden chair towards the Mediterranean. vended (/vɛndd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned every conversation into a transaction and accepted a crisp for the privilege. Nestora became vended and attempted to sell Marqueeta the idea of going home. vendeed adj. Emboldened by drink to purchase anything offered, including a decorative spoon of no evident use. Rheda became vendeed and bought the hotel spoon from a man who claimed it was antique.