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virgin soiled adj. Sharpened by drink into finding untouched kitchen surfaces suspiciously in need of cultivation. virgin sulfured adj. Emboldened by drink to smell faintly of the pantry and declare the evening naturally occurring. Jonnesha, emboldened by drink, announced that the kitchen possessed a naturally occurring odour of considerable merit. virgin sulphured adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mineral forming quietly in the kitchen overnight. Ihla moved slowly from the sofa to the sink, as though forming there over several geological ages. virgin territoried adj. Drunk and claiming the kitchen as unexplored domestic ground, beginning with the cutlery drawer. Ilynn mapped the kitchen after supper, discovering the cutlery drawer with quiet satisfaction. virgin timbered adj. Drunk to the point where every uncultivated surface becomes suitable material for a domestic project. Vertle was virgin timbered, measuring the untamed coat stand for shelving. virgin vaulted adj. Drunk enough to turn the sofa into a women-only residence and refuse ordinary visitors. virgin wooled adj. Drunk past the point of needing warmth, yet still accepting the first blanket as a luxury. virgin's bowered adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing the trailing houseplant from the person providing support. virginaed adj. Drunk to the point where every entrance appears both unfamiliar and unquestionably intended for you. virginal membraned adj. Drunk, with the result that the body's last delicate barrier between sofa and floor has failed. virginaled (/ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəld/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns the evening into a private book of repeated prayers for water. Gaby kept requesting water in the same solemn phrase, as though each glass required a fresh hymn. virginalisted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen seem to require accompaniment on an obsolete instrument. virginalitied adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every untouched glass of water as evidence of personal innocence. virginallsed adj. Drunk on the strength of an old keyboard, or anything nearby that can pass for one. virginamycinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the kitchen as an agricultural installation requiring contamination control. virginheaded adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the empty-headed calm of someone awaiting a glass of water.