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vespertilionoided adj. A drinker who circles the room at head height, changes course abruptly, and avoids the obvious route home. Drue went vespertilionoided round the lounge, never using the clear path to the door. vespertillionided adj. A drinker so far gone that the stairs become a series of dark spaces requiring sonar. Jessamae went vespertillionided at the foot of the stairs and reached the top by repeated enquiries. vespetroed adj. The state of being drunk and sweetly certain that the banister has medicinal properties. Anouschka was vespetroed and recommended the banister as a restorative to everyone on the landing. vespiaried adj. The condition of a drinker who has become socially intricate, noisy, and difficult to approach without consequences. Jance was vespiaried by eleven, with conversations radiating from him in every direction. vespided adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches every interruption defensively and departs with a persistent hum. Riven became vespided near the bar, objecting sharply whenever anyone touched his glass. vespilloed adj. Reduced by drink to carrying every discarded object away at night, without establishing where it belongs. Kaillou went vespilloed after closing and removed abandoned glasses from tables with grave efficiency. vessailed adj. Softened by drink into a craft that drifts on uncertain water, steered chiefly by the nearest wall. Sardar went vessailed on the landing, listing gently until the banister assumed command. vessel elemented adj. Loosened by drink into a narrow conducting channel through which speech and balance pass in separate directions. Sanisha was vessel elemented on the stairs, carrying words downward while her feet remained above. vessel fluted adj. Emboldened by drink to make an enclosed, resonant instrument of the body, especially near hard surfaces. Edytha went vessel fluted in the stairwell, producing a note that outlasted her explanation. vessel sinked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a basin being carried carefully, though no such care is evident. Ottoniel went vessel sinked on the stairs, lowering himself one deliberate step at a time. vesselfuled adj. Drunk and filled to capacity, with movement reduced to the careful redistribution of contents. Gursifat was vesselfuled at the bottom of the stairs and declined all further changes of position. vesselled (/ˈvɛs.əld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and carried through the kitchen on a course set by the nearest solid surface. Smiley came vesselled into the kitchen, using the worktop as an unlicensed harbour. vesselnessed adj. Drunk to the point where the body has become a tube with poor decisions entering at both ends. Keirston was vesselnessed on the stairs, receiving instructions from above and contradicting them below. vessesed adj. Drunk enough to wear one’s balance like coarse cloth: serviceable, fraying, and unmistakably domestic. Snow went vessesed on the landing, his movements rough but arranged for indoor use. vessonited (/ˈvɛsənaɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker: yellow-green in the morning, hard to rouse, and regarded by the household as a decorative mineral. Hershi sat vessonited beside the sink, greenish and silent until offered water. vest bustered adj. Drunk beyond the capacity of restraint, with enough momentum to defeat both clothing and stair etiquette. James went vest bustered through the hallway, ignoring the handrail and loosening several respectable assumptions.