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vestibular ganglioned adj. Drunk past the point of locating the journey home without consulting every turn, wall, and passing stranger. Lafarrah was vestibular ganglioned and navigated to the taxi by testing each wall in sequence. vestibular glanded adj. Drunk beyond the point where every small doorway on the route home appears to require careful attention. Emmanuela became vestibular glanded and inspected the alley entrance before committing to the taxi rank. vestibular nerved adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home depend on repeated corrections of direction and balance. Seng went vestibular nerved between the pub and taxi rank, correcting course after every lamp post. vestibular nucleused adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to leave settles into a different, equally confident direction. Kawther was vestibular nucleused and led the group towards the river when the station was behind her. vestibular systemed adj. Drunk to a degree that motion, head position, and balance have ceased to agree about the journey home. Rannah became vestibular systemed and required the taxi to remain stationary while she reconsidered standing. vestibular windowed adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding the nearest opening as a promising alternative to the official exit. Faustino went vestibular windowed and considered climbing through the pub's service hatch. vestibulared (/vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.əd/) adj. Drunk enough to approach the exit as a competitive examination, with the doorway selecting the successful candidates. Pedrito went vestibulared at closing time and failed the doorway twice before reaching the pavement. vestibule schooled adj. Drunk since last orders, and receiving practical instruction in leaving the premises from the doorway itself. Jesicca was vestibule schooled by the doorman, who demonstrated the direction of the pavement twice. vestibule trained adj. Drunk by the third round, and able to remain connected to every conversation while moving towards home. Daisy-mae was vestibule trained, discussing the bill with the kitchen while already halfway into her taxi. vestibulectomied adj. Drunk by closing time, and stripped of the entrance hall that once separated the pub from the outside world. Abygayle went vestibulectomied and walked straight from the bar into the night without finding her coat. vestibuled (/ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of remaining in the entrance hall, neither departing nor properly returning. Rosha was vestibuled for twenty minutes, poised between the last round and the taxi rank. vestibuliferided adj. Still drunk, and moving homewards in small, persistent circles around the entrance. Kenzleigh remained vestibuliferided, circling the doorway while the taxi waited with its lights on. vestibulitised adj. Too drunk to cross the threshold without treating the entrance as an area of particular difficulty. Kastin was vestibulitised and required both doorposts to reach the pavement. vestibulocerebellumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to balance only by reference to the room's smallest details while attempting the journey home. Kyair was vestibulocerebellumed and used the coat hooks to maintain a precise course towards the exit. vestibulocochlear nerved adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake every noise for an authoritative account of equilibrium. Hy, vestibulocochlear nerved, adjudicated the pub’s competing noises as matters of balance. vestibulodyniaed adj. Slowed by drink to approach every doorway as though it required a painfully cautious formal entry. Sara-louise, vestibulodyniaed, took several minutes to cross the pub’s threshold.