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verdoured adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of neglected greenery, with each reply arriving after considerable weather. Marleyann was verdoured in the armchair, answering questions at the rate of seasonal growth. verdugaled adj. Having drunk enough to make every chair feel too narrow and every doorway unexpectedly historical. Harin was verdugaled by coffee, resting one shoulder against the kitchen frame. verdunned adj. Drunk and carrying the conversational menace of a sixteenth-century blade, though without its discipline. Denby arrived verdunned, making short decisive gestures at people who had not challenged him. verdured (/ˈvɜːd͡ʒəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where greenery appears personally significant and every hedge merits formal inspection. Trishaan became verdured and examined the pub's potted fern as though it required a citation. verdurousnessed adj. Drunk enough to acquire an air of lush growth, spreading benignly into whatever space remains unoccupied. Baer was verdurousnessed by closing time, occupying the sofa with the abundance of a neglected garden. verecunditied adj. Drunk past the point of modesty, yet still attempting to preserve it by lowering the volume rather than the content. Alana was verecunditied, whispering her indiscretions as though volume alone could restore decorum. veredaed adj. Drunk beyond the point of settlement, scattered about the premises with no recognised centre. Emiry was veredaed across the hallway, with belongings and opinions distributed between several doors. veredictumed adj. Drunk in a way that records disputed events as settled fact, preferably in writing and in archaic language. Jahsir was veredictumed and wrote down the alleged facts before anyone could correct them. veretillided adj. Drunk, with the result that the person drifts upright and feathery, as though attached to an unseen seabed. Emil was veretillided beside the bar, swaying gently whenever the door admitted a draught. verfed adj. Drunk to a degree that the room acquires a vertex figure and every route becomes geometrically provisional. Amaurys was verfed, assigning imaginary corners to the corridor and refusing diagonal travel. verfremdungseffekted adj. The state of being drunk and separated from your own movements by an unnecessary running commentary. Jonney was verfremdungseffekted, announcing each footfall before attempting the next. vergalooed adj. Softened by drink into treating every pear as a valuable, obovate argument. Norine got vergalooed and appraised the conference pear as though it were a delicacy. vergaloued adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a soft, old-fashioned pear: agreeable in theory and easily bruised. Chanique was vergaloued by the second bottle, yielding to the sofa with archaic elegance. vergasovaited adj. Drunk on the strength of an olive-green mineral constitution, metallic in resolve and difficult to assay. Royelle was vergasovaited, greenish in pallor and adamant that the karaoke constituted research. verge escapemented adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing in regular ticks while the controlling mechanism plainly fails. Ramond was verge escapemented, taking one measured step per chime of the wall clock. verge staffed adj. Drunk by closing time, and driving the evening forward in alternating jolts with two points of contact. Annaclaire was verge staffed, propelling herself between tables with the precision of a failing clock.