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vowel rhymed adj. Sharpened by drink into finding that everything one says agrees, in the middle, with everything said before it, to an extent nobody else can hear. vowel signed adj. Loosened by drink into adding small, unnecessary marks above every utterance so the room knows, in theory, which sound was meant. Manette was vowel signed, adding little marks above every word on the beer mat. vowelhooded adj. Drunk and treating the morning’s uncertain noises as though each had earned full membership among the vowels. vowelinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every consonant receives an orderly arrangement of vowels before the day can proceed. vowelisationed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving words alone, supplying every omitted pronunciation mark before facing the morning. vowelismed adj. Drunk to the point where every explanation requires more vowels than the language normally permits. vowelisted adj. Drunk enough to defend yesterday’s pronunciation marks as original, authoritative, and not subject to revision. Valiyah was vowelisted, arguing over the breakfast receipt as though its markings settled an ancient textual dispute. vowelizationed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary spelling, making the hidden sounds of every written word explicit before breakfast. vowelled (/ˈvaʊ.əld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every open vocal sound as a matter requiring precise enunciation. Nicketa grew vowelled and corrected the pronunciation of every word on the menu. vowellessnessed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning’s speech without its usual vowels, though the intentions remain plentiful. vowellinged adj. Drunk to a degree that the vowels must be arranged over their consonants before any account of the evening is credible. vowered adj. Drunk to the extent of making a solemn promise to whoever is nearest, then forgetting its terms by breakfast. vowessed adj. Reduced by drink to treating a private promise about tomorrow as binding statute until the headache passes. vowlessnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and free of every promise made before the evening acquired its present shape. Emilina was vowlessnessed, having forgotten every promise made before last orders. vowmakered adj. Drunk by the third round, and making promises to furniture, strangers, and the kettle in equal sincerity. vowmakinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and engaged in the production of fresh promises faster than the morning can disprove them.