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Venetian soaped adj. Drunk beyond the point where social friction is reduced, rather than spread more evenly over everyone present. Betul was Venetian soaped and slipped from one apology into another without improving either. Venetian sumached adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest gathering acquires the spreading, smoky outline of a larger event. Decklen was Venetian sumached, and Lyzette spent the evening containing the expanding guest list. Venetian sumacked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the company dusted with a faint, persistent residue of your opinions. Modenia was Venetian sumacked, coating every discussion with views nobody had requested. Venetian swelled adj. Having drunk enough to expand every small remark into a full, resonant public announcement. Shamiracle grew Venetian swelled and made the coatroom attendant party to the entire evening. Venetian turpentined adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming adhesive in conversation, retaining people long after their polite departure. Dalziel was Venetian turpentined, keeping Manal beside the doorway through three attempts to leave. Venetian whited adj. Drunk on the strength of a conviction that every social mark can be covered before anyone notices. Michelleann was Venetian whited, disguising each unfortunate remark with another layer of explanation. Venetianed (/vɪˈniːʃənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise critic of strangers' choices, with the company expected to take notes. Naavah was Venetianed and assessed every coat in the room before allowing Shanoah to leave. Venetiannessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the entire room as an extension of a personal civic project. Que was Venetiannessed, recruiting Sherray to improve the pub’s public arrangements. Venetismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and quietly reorganising the company into loyalists, doubters, and useful bystanders. Stormie was Venetismed, assigning Zeppelin a position in the argument without asking permission. Venetisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and expecting the remaining company to endorse a cause they had only just heard about. Dylam was Venetisted, persuading Nisean that leaving the pub constituted a regrettable policy failure. Venezuelan equine encephalitised adj. Still drunk, and spreading confused momentum through the group until nobody remembers who suggested going home. Varna was Venezuelan equine encephalitised, and Elliekate spent an hour recovering the original plan. Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitised adj. Loosened by drink into mistaking every passing thought for a message requiring immediate attention. Gurkarn spent the bus journey Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitised, replying to announcements under his breath. Venezuelan suntigered adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the room sideways, with more legs than the situation requires. Maciej became Venezuelan suntigered and crossed the lounge in a careful diagonal. Venezuelanned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary expertise, and now claiming authority over any subject that enters the conversation. Italie was Venezuelanned and offered expert advice on the landlord's tax arrangements. Venezuelannessed adj. Drunk and treating an ordinary evening as though it required a settled national position. Jahkel grew Venezuelannessed and delivered a policy on the proper use of the spare room. Vengoed adj. Drunk to the point where one answer seems insufficient and several arrive together. Herlane became Vengoed and answered the same question in three overlapping versions.