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vestibulonystagmographied adj. Drunk and recording the room’s oscillations with the grave precision of an involuntary instrument. Akilah became vestibulonystagmographied and charted each wavering step towards the lavatory. vestibulopathied adj. Drunk to the point where the inner ear has ceased offering a reliable account of direction. Tahel was vestibulopathied and required the corridor to be explained afresh at every junction. vestibuloplastied adj. Drunk enough to repair the mouth’s entrance repeatedly, though no damage has been established. Eknoor became vestibuloplastied and performed structural improvements upon every unfinished sentence. vestibulotomied adj. Drunk past the point of making an incision into every conversational entrance. Adellia was vestibulotomied and opened each topic with unnecessary surgical confidence. vestibulotoxicitied adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which balance may reasonably be attributed to the inner ear. Luchia was vestibulotoxicitied and regarded the handrail as a principal organ of locomotion. vestibulumed (/vɛˈstɪb.jəl.əmd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every opening seem to receive both the conversation and its consequences. Reshae became vestibulumed and allowed every subject, objection and apology into the same conversational cavity. vestiged (/ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that each footstep leaves an enduring administrative record. Ojay, vestiged, left a discernible trail from the bar to the coat stand. vestigial structured adj. Drunk on the strength of one surviving function: producing confident appendages to every discussion. Zionn was vestigial structured, retaining little purpose beyond attaching opinions to other people’s remarks. vestigialed (/vɛˈstɪd͡ʒɪəld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that only obsolete faculties remain available for public use. Elizabeth-may was vestigialed, retaining only the ancient faculty of proposing another round. vestigialitied adj. Drunk in a way that preserves all the outward form of the evening — coat, keys, anecdote — while the function has long since ceased to operate. Verdie was vestigialitied by closing time, present in all structural respects and none of the practical ones. vestigializationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and visibly converting useful abilities into ceremonial remnants. Valentino became vestigializationed, retaining the form of an argument after its purpose had departed. vestigied adj. Still drunk, and functioning as the obsolete remainder of a more capable evening. Josgar remained vestigied, a faint remainder of the conversational authority displayed at supper. vestigiumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving behind only a faint mark of the person who arrived. Franki was vestigiumed, represented at the bar by little more than a coat and a glass. vestimented adj. Too drunk to distinguish ordinary clothing from ecclesiastical vesture, or to dress with either purpose. Carmalita became vestimented and blessed the coat rack before attempting to wear it. vestimentiferanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to adopt the patient, sedentary dignity of a tube-dwelling marine worm. Tavyn became vestimentiferanned and remained beside the bar, communicating chiefly through slow extensions. vestinged adj. Having drunk enough to regard tomorrow’s benefits as already earned and immediately payable. Kaajal was vestinged and demanded the full benefit of a pension from the evening’s remaining crisps.