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vis-a-vissed adj. Reduced by drink to face every companion directly, including those attempting a quiet departure. Gedalia became vis-a-vissed and held the departing landlord in a prolonged mutual conversation. visa runned adj. Sharpened by drink into leaving the premises briefly in order to return with the same poor judgement refreshed. visa-on-arrivaled adj. The state of being drunk and admitted only upon turning up, with no prior arrangement, by whoever happens to be holding the door. visaed (/ˈviːzəd/) adj. Softened by drink into assuming that official permission extends to every locked door in the building. visaged (/ˈvɪzɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the face has become the principal record of the evening. visagisted adj. Emboldened by drink to improve strangers' faces without first establishing that improvement was requested. visamminoled adj. Slowed by drink to a fragrant, intricate certainty that every simple decision requires further consideration. Cing was visamminoled and spent twenty minutes selecting between identical packets of crisps. visarded (/ˈvɪzə(ɹ)dd/) adj. Drunk and convinced that a borrowed disguise has made ordinary social consequences inapplicable. visargaed adj. Drunk to the point where every sentence ends in a breathy final sound and an unearned conclusion. visbreakered adj. Drunk enough to crack a substantial problem into smaller, less valuable pieces and call the yield a success. visbreakinged adj. Drunk past the point of preserving the evening's larger plans, extracting only scattered pleasures for immediate use. Olajuwon was visbreakinged, reducing grand evening plans to scattered pleasures at once. viscacha ratted adj. Drunk since last orders, and resembling a small desert mammal in both speed and confidence of escape. Kivon was viscacha ratted, darting from the sofa with the confidence of a desert rodent. viscachaed (/vɪˈskatʃəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and burrowing into the snug while insisting the whole pub should come in. viscacheraed (/ˌvɪskaˈtʃɛːɹəd/) adj. Too drunk to leave the burrow made by cushions, coats and the last available blanket. viscaed adj. Drunk beyond the point of solidity, yet confidently spun into a long, decorative explanation. viscanced adj. Still drunk, and allowing every conversation to dissipate through a thick medium before it reaches its destination.