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vernacularisted adj. Drunk to the point where every official notice requires a plainer version before it can be endured. Unia became vernacularisted and translated the landlord’s notice into language fit for the kitchen. vernacularitied adj. Drunk enough to make the most formal proceedings sound as though they belong in the local shop. Talexis got vernacularitied and rendered the committee’s resolution in perfectly ordinary words. vernacularizationed adj. Drunk beyond the reach of official language, converting the evening’s solemnities into ordinary talk. Mekenzy got vernacularizationed and recast the speeches as remarks one might make over washing-up. vernacularnessed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every elevated utterance into a local saying about getting home. Diamonds became vernacularnessed and gave the closing argument a distinctly kitchen-table finish. vernadiginned adj. Drunk, with the result that a particular steroid glycoside seems an adequate explanation for the evening. Biddie got vernadiginned and attributed the missing crisps to a particular steroid glycoside. vernadited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves one tetragonal, mineral-bearing, and asleep beside the radiator. Bing became vernadited and described the hearth as a calcium-rich geological environment. vernadskited adj. The condition of a drinker who appears mineralogical until closer inspection reveals a less stable substance beneath. Blimy stood vernadskited by the mantelpiece while Alter tested whether conversation still worked. vernaged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a sweet white Italian wine as a matter of state. Taiyo got vernaged and proposed a ceremonial toast to the bottle’s Italian ancestry. vernakalanted adj. Drunk on the strength of a cardiac drug and unable to restore the evening’s rhythm. Valley became vernakalanted and attempted to convert the karaoke into a cardiac procedure. vernal equinoxed adj. The drunkenness of one who leans towards every listener equally, giving the room no settled social season. Kadie-lei became vernal equinoxed and tilted towards Mekhya whenever either of them spoke. vernal grassed adj. Drunk since last orders, and giving off the faint, sweet suggestion of spring in a bus shelter. Jeta was vernal grassed, smelling pleasantly of new growth and rather less pleasantly of lager. vernal pointed adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed point from which every conversation appears to cross in the right direction. Xyra was vernal pointed, directing Fayetta towards guests who had already gone home. vernalgrassed adj. Drunk by the third round, and spring-like only in the sense of rising unexpectedly from a chair. Pilot became vernalgrassed and sprang from the table to retrieve a misplaced napkin. vernalinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and apparently governed by a hypothetical hormone encouraging premature flowering. Ralynn got vernalinned and announced that the houseplant was ready for fruit. vernalisationed adj. Too drunk to distinguish treatment of dormant bulbs from putting one’s head briefly in the refrigerator. Brenette became vernalisationed and chilled the tulips in hopes of an earlier flowering. vernalitied adj. Still drunk, and displaying the freshness of spring chiefly through an urgent desire for a lie-down. Auni was vernalitied, spring-like in spirit and asleep before the kettle boiled.