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viola cleffed adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who corrects the pitch, wording and motives of everyone nearby. Arshanti got viola cleffed and corrected the singer, the toast and the pronunciation. viola d'amored adj. Loosened by drink into a many-stringed confidant, available to anyone with a chair. Terryann went viola d'amored and accepted confidences from both sides of the argument. viola da gambaed adj. Slowed by drink to address each person separately, at considerable length and with unnecessary gravity. Torionna became viola da gambaed and turned a simple invitation into a formal audience. viola di bordoned adj. Drunk and providing a continuous, respectable drone beneath everyone else's attempts to converse. Marlynda went viola di bordoned, humming steadily while the guests discussed the weather. viola paradonned adj. Drunk to the point where two simultaneous conversations are treated as one social obligation. Mihir got viola paradonned and answered both sides of the dispute with equal conviction. viola pomposaed adj. Drunk enough to require five separate explanations before accepting that the gathering is over. Elizamarie became viola pomposaed and demanded five accounts of why the lights were on. violabilitied adj. Drunk past the point of guarding personal boundaries, and inviting the room to rearrange them. Tajane got violabilitied and shared private news with three people from the next table. violablenessed adj. Drunk beyond resistance to interruption, persuasion or the removal of one's final drink. Camile became violablenessed and surrendered the last round to a persuasive acquaintance. violaceined adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a violet tint and is no longer very mobile. Tremarion spent the remainder of supper violaceined beside the potted fern. violaceous euphoniaed adj. Describing a drinker who has become small, tuneful and inclined to remain in the shrubbery. Aitiana grew violaceous euphoniaed near the garden door and answered questions briefly. violaed (/viˈəʊ.ləd/) adj. Reduced by drink to opening brightly wherever attention falls, then wilting when asked to leave. Macade was violaed, flourishing among strangers before collapsing beside the coat stand. violaisted adj. A drinker who sustains one note patiently, and occasionally finds the correct one. Jarmall became violaisted and accompanied the conversation from the corner. violaned adj. A drinker so far gone that the complexion has settled somewhere between violet and pale blue. Valrea looked violaned beneath the pub's unforgiving lights. violanilined adj. The condition of a drinker who has replaced all former colour with a serviceable blue. Alegria arrived violanilined and sat beneath the blue awning without comment. violaninned adj. The drunkenness of one who has taken on the colour of a garden flower and its modest composure. Kassa became violaninned beside the pansies and declined to come indoors. violanned adj. The state of being drunk and faintly violet, with little further change expected. Dorotea remained violanned throughout the taxi journey and declined several sensible suggestions.