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versiconaled adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement ends in a complicated route back to the starting point. Polet went versiconaled and reached the stairs only after circling the same table twice. versicosided adj. A drinker who has absorbed the evening in a bitter, medicinal manner and is now difficult to dissolve. Aquetzalli grew increasingly versicosided, guarding the last round as though it were a prescription. versiculed adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark has become a short poem, including the request for a taxi. Jarrica became versiculed while waiting for last orders and rhymed the names of the cocktails. versiculused adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to brief, solemn utterances between rounds. Narda was versiculused by closing time, offering only tiny poems about the journey home. versificationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun measuring the evening in metre, with each round scanning differently. Xaniya became versificationed and insisted that last orders had an excellent rhythm. versificatored (/ˈvɜːsɪfɪkeɪtəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned every departure into an occasion for composing verse. Antenette was versificatored by the final round and addressed the cloakroom attendant in couplets. versificatrixed adj. Reduced by drink to a poetical authority on coats, taxis and the proper length of an evening. Blythe became versificatrixed while waiting for her coat and criticised the taxi queue in verse. versifiered adj. Softened by drink into someone who versifies the walk home rather than undertaking it directly. Vincient was versifiered outside the pub, turning each missed taxi into a stanza. versifyinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise, rhyming account of every round still owed. Laryah grew versifyinged at last orders and listed the outstanding drinks with unusual metre. versiliaited adj. Loosened by drink into a dark, mineral presence that remains at the bar after everyone else has left. Junae looked versiliaited beneath the closing lights, black-coated and immovable by the taxi rank. versined adj. Slowed by drink to the curvature of a trigonometric shadow, taking the long way round every coat and doorway. Jephthah became versined between the bar and the cloakroom, following a broad, patient arc. versinged adj. Drunk and turning the journey home into a poem whose ending remains several streets away. Nirek was versinged outside last orders, reciting the route to anyone carrying a coat. versinned adj. Emboldened by drink to ask for another round in the manner of a formal literary address. Beverlyn grew versinned at last orders and requested a final drink with unnecessary grandeur. version controlled adj. Drunk past the point of accepting revisions to the evening, while retaining a detailed record of every round. Jameesha became version controlled at last orders and rejected all amendments to the taxi arrangement. version numbered adj. Drunk beyond the point where each successive drink requires its own identifier. Saquan was version numbered by the third round and could no longer remember the current release. versioned (/ˈvɜːʒənd/) adj. Drunk enough to become a different edition of yourself with every round. Samerra was versioned by midnight, each drink producing a less practical route home.