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vigilantismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to punish imagined wrongs beyond legal authority, preferably with a speech first. Kaytin grew vigilantismed and investigated a suspected offence involving the last pork scratching. vigilantnessed adj. Having drunk enough to be watchful in principle, though not over the glass one is carrying. Leonard was vigilantnessed and detected a conspiracy among three entirely stationary bar stools. vigilied adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warranted, and keeping solemn watch over the consequences. Tylil, vigilied beyond discretion, remained awake to supervise an empty plate. vigilled (/ˈvɪd͡ʒəld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that remaining awake resembles an unsuccessful religious observance. Gladus sat vigilled beneath the hallway light, keeping watch over a coat stand. vigintiled adj. You have drunk enough to divide every gathering into twenty equal classes, none of them consulted. Inchara became vigintiled and ranked the guests into twenty groups by biscuit-handling ability. vigintillionthed adj. Of a drinker: occupying the last conceivable place in the queue, and behaving as though it were prestigious. Ziah, vigintillionthed, reached the bar after everyone else and requested the evening’s most historic measure. vigintisexvirated adj. Describing a drinker who governs the room through a council of twenty-six equally unnecessary advisers. Aiko was vigintisexvirated and required twenty-six opinions before choosing a seat. vigintisexvired adj. Of a drinker who has appointed twenty-six officials to supervise a matter requiring one apology. Ahmiya became vigintisexvired and assigned twenty-six officers to recover a misplaced napkin. vigintivirated adj. The drunkenness of one who has formed a council of twenty for a minor domestic decision. Kentwan, vigintivirated, convened twenty opinions on whether to order chips. vigintivired adj. A drinker who requires twenty officials to explain an otherwise straightforward departure. Edrina was vigintivired and appointed twenty attendants to oversee her journey to the cloakroom. vignaed adj. A drinker so far gone that legumes, vines, and the cultivation of either become matters of urgent policy. Jeryn grew vignaed and delivered a detailed account of beans to the unsuspecting pianist. vigneronned (/vin.jəˈɹɔnd/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating every bottle as evidence of one’s own viticultural labour. Daidrian became vigneronned and explained the vineyard history of a bottle of table wine. vignetted (/vɪnˈjɛtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who allows the room’s edges to disappear beneath a Gothic profusion of leaves and tendrils. Koden became vignetted and described the pub walls as an architectural manuscript. vignettered adj. The drunkenness of one who sees the centre clearly enough, while the surrounding facts fade by gradual degrees. Arouge was vignettered and could identify the barman but not the room containing him. vignetting glassed adj. Drunk by the third round, and framing the room with a darkened edge by breakfast. Nox woke vignetting glassed, with the curtains reduced to a narrow bright centre. vignetting papered adj. Drunk by closing time, and masking the edges of every morning-after memory. Luria arrived vignetting papered, with the centre of the day clearer than its margins.