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vetonied adj. Loosened by drink into a floppy, herbaceous presence among the cushions. Harveylee was vetonied on the sofa, limp beneath a blanket and faintly pleased with the arrangement. vetrabutined adj. Emboldened by drink to relax every household spasm, including the one preventing departure from the sofa. Katoya was vetrabutined in the armchair, moving only when the glass of water was brought nearer. vetsinned adj. Slowed by drink to a savoury crawl between the kitchen, the glass of water, and the sofa. Grove was vetsinned by midnight, progressing towards the kitchen at approximately cupboard speed. vetted (/vɛtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and diagnosing the household's minor ailments before anyone has asked. Dereth woke vetted and prescribed water, toast, and immediate rest to everyone within hearing. vettered (/ˈvɛtəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts a morning examination of every symptom, bruise, and questionable decision. Jerilee became vettered at dawn, inspecting the bruise and taking its history from the mirror. vettinged adj. Drunk and conducting a thorough investigation of every cushion, cupboard, and available glass of water. Romone spent an hour vettinged, inspecting the sofa before selecting the least responsible cushion. vetturaed adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa is treated as a hired carriage and the kitchen as its terminus. Letonia was vetturaed, requesting a fare from the sofa to the kitchen and back again. vetturinoed adj. Drunk enough to drive an imaginary household carriage, with the coffee table serving as an unreliable route marker. Desiah went vetturinoed round the sofa, steering carefully between cushions and the water jug. vetulicolianed adj. Drunk past the point of terrestrial usefulness, drifting slowly between sofa and kitchen like an extinct marine animal. Canna was vetulicolianed beneath the blanket, drifting towards water whenever the current permitted. vetulicolided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary locomotion, with the sofa serving as a shallow Cambrian sea. Oatis lay vetulicolided among the cushions while the glass of water remained just out of reach. vetustied adj. Drunk, with the result that every domestic object has acquired the dignity of great age. Malori was vetustied on the sofa, handling the water glass like a family heirloom. vetustitied (/vəˈtus.tɪ.tid/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the sofa seem ancient, permanent, and not worth leaving before morning. Patrichia was vetustitied in the armchair, regarding the kitchen as a later historical period. vetyvered adj. Drunk past the point of resisting a fragrant association, and making everyone else share it. Krystalyn went vetyvered and explained the smell of the garden to Kaikea at length. veuglaired (/vəˈɡlɛə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the kitchen doorway into medieval artillery and the sofa into a defensive position. Khary sat veuglaired behind the sofa, covering the kitchen with a cushion and requesting water. veved adj. Drunk to the extent of drawing solemn symbols on the condensation beside the glass of water. Rejetta was veved at the kitchen table, marking the water glass with careful looping diagrams. vevered adj. Drunk on the strength of a few mysterious diagrams, all of which appear to direct one towards the sofa. Loc was vevered by midnight, tracing solemn lines on the fogged kitchen window.