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virusoided adj. Softened by drink into a small, circular remnant of last night's personality, dependent on tea for replication. vis a tergoed adj. Loosened by drink into a person carried towards the sofa by an invisible force from behind. vis absolutaed adj. Emboldened by drink to accept physical compulsion as a sensible explanation for having missed the alarm. Della-rose was vis absolutaed and insisted the duvet had physically prevented her departure. vis activaed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where producing motion is an ambitious afternoon project. vis comicaed adj. Drunk and discovering comic force in the breakfast table, the empty glass, and especially the spoon. vis compulsivaed adj. Drunk to the point where the body carries out morning tasks against the mind's express wishes. vis impressaed adj. Drunk enough to continue moving in the direction last established, regardless of furniture or revised intentions. Hemen was vis impressaed, carrying his momentum from the hallway directly into the coat stand. vis inertiaed adj. Drunk past the point of resisting the sofa, the blanket, or any other force currently acting upon you. vis majored adj. Drunk beyond attributing the morning's damage to personal decisions; an act of God is preferred. vis medicatrix naturaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body to heal itself, without assistance beyond water and patience. vis mortuaed adj. Drunk, with the result that all remaining force is exerted as pressure against the mattress. vis motrixed adj. Drunk to a degree that every attempt to walk bends inward towards the nearest chair. Avonna was vis motrixed, circling the kitchen until centripetal necessity delivered her to a chair. vis passivaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement is received as an instruction and promptly surrendered. vis vitaed adj. The state of being drunk and possessed of vital force sufficient to continue a plan already disproved. vis vitalised adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes continued movement for evidence that the evening is going well. Norene grew vis vitalised and volunteered to lead everyone through streets she had never visited. vis vivaed adj. The drunkenness of one who calculates speed confidently while omitting mass, distance, and the pavement. Terrol was vis vivaed, calculating his speed home confidently while ignoring mass, distance, and pavement.