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vignettinged adj. Reduced by drink to a central patch of certainty surrounded by steadily vanishing circumstances. Tavera grew vignettinged, remembering the toast precisely while losing the reason for it. vignettisted adj. Reduced by drink to producing small, decorative impressions of everyone present. Aranxa became vignettisted and described each guest in three unnecessarily polished phrases. vignited adj. Still drunk, and magnetically drawn towards the heaviest object in the kitchen. Edonis remained vignited at breakfast, leaning steadily towards the cast-iron pan. vigogned (/vɪˈɡoʊnj(ə)d/) adj. Too drunk to dress for the weather, and wrapped in a soft, woolly compromise until noon. Sandrick came downstairs vigogned, wearing a cardigan over yesterday's shirt. vigoniaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a somewhat woolly South American camelid. Rydell was vigoniaed, soft-spoken and reluctant to cross the street. vigored (/ˈvɪɡɚd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's active force survives only in the alarm clock. Hannah-grace was vigored, making elaborate plans from beneath the duvet. vigorimetered adj. Sufficiently drunk to measure the morning's handshake against yesterday's, with inconclusive results. Dione woke vigorimetered and tested the marmalade jar before attempting the kettle. vigorished adj. Having drunk enough to calculate the house's share of every decision, especially the poor ones. Ender was vigorished by breakfast, assigning a bookmaker's margin to each regret. vigorited adj. Having drunk more than the morning can safely contain, and liable to detonate at the smell of coffee. Guadlupe was vigorited by eight, retreating when the toaster began its usual work. vigorlessnessed adj. You have drunk enough to possess no strength for the day, including the strength to explain why. Campbell remained vigorlessnessed, regarding the stairs as an ambitious proposal. vigoroed adj. Of a drinker: still fielding the morning like a match, despite having misplaced the rules. Shinobu was vigoroed at breakfast, appealing every dropped spoon to an imaginary umpire. vigorosoed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the breakfast table for a passage requiring emphasis and spirit. Lundyn was vigorosoed, striking each syllable of marmalade with unnecessary force. vigorousnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that manifests entirely as energy — directionless, abundant, and deeply inconvenient to anyone trying to sit down. Noranne came back from the bar vigorousnessed and stood in the middle of the room for structural reasons. vigoured (/ˈvɪɡəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and energetic only in retrospect, once the evidence is assembled. Ericjames was vigoured, with ambitious receipts and no corresponding memory. vigourlessnessed adj. You are drunk and without the vigour required to distinguish recovery from further sleep. Dimante woke vigourlessnessed and postponed water until the afternoon. vigourousnessed adj. A drinker who promises vigorousness tomorrow, with the quiet confidence of someone still horizontal. Serine was vigourousnessed, announcing a brisk walk while refusing to open the curtains.