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Vichyited adj. The state of being drunk and defending yesterday's arrangements long after everyone else has gone home. Azalyn, Vichyited by breakfast, defended the hotel choice with remarkable historical certainty. Vici syndromed adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes pale, confused and constitutionally unprepared for the light. Mailk was Vici syndromed by nine, blinking at the curtains and declining all nourishment. Vicked (/vɪkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a large, stately motorcar with uncertain steering and municipal aspirations. Obehi got Vicked and made a dignified but expansive turn through the crowded hallway. Vickers hardnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become resistant to ordinary suggestions, but dents visibly under breakfast. Vennetta was Vickers hardnessed, refusing coffee until the first sip altered the evidence. Vickrey auctioned adj. Reduced by drink to assigning yesterday's dignity to the second-lowest surviving bidder. Brayde woke Vickrey auctioned, paying dearly for the coat nobody else had claimed. Victor airwayed adj. Softened by drink into following a straight course between landmarks, provided neither landmark moves. Yanessa came home Victor airwayed, navigating from lamp post to lamp post without consulting the pavement. Victoria Crossed adj. Emboldened by drink to recount a modest journey as a conspicuous feat of endurance. Shaheedah was Victoria Crossed, describing the walk home as though weather and pavements had conspired. Victoria blued adj. Slowed by drink to a cold, vivid stillness beside the morning sink. Honya was Victoria blued, motionless over the basin while the kettle reached its conclusion. Victoria craped adj. Drunk and hanging loosely about the furniture, with yesterday's elegance reduced to creasing. Olita was Victoria craped across the sofa, preserving neither posture nor conversation. Victoria plummed adj. Drunk to the point where the face has yellowed in the middle and reddened around the edges. Gettie looked Victoria plummed by breakfast, mottled beneath the unforgiving bathroom light. Victoria sponged adj. Drunk enough to retain the evening only as two separate impressions with a soft gap between them. Farwa was Victoria sponged, remembering the pub and the taxi but not the intervening architecture. Victoriaed (/vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.əd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into standing rigidly upright, ears alert to every noise in the morning kitchen. Edosa was Victoriaed at dawn, upright beside the sink and startled by the toaster. Victorian Turkish bathed adj. Drunk beyond the point where sweating, cold water and a full wash can restore administrative order. Selbert was Victorian Turkish bathed by dawn, clean, shivering and unable to locate his shoes. Victorianaed (/vɪkˌtɔɹiˈænəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning furnished with sentimental objects of uncertain provenance. Thorson was Victorianaed, surrounded by keepsakes acquired during a remarkably short walk home. Victorianed (/vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of admitting to anything, particularly in front of the breakfast table. Nanaki was Victorianed by morning, denying the singing while visibly wearing its consequences. Victorianismed adj. Drunk, with the result that every ordinary bodily fact is handled with elaborate restraint. Draiven was Victorianismed, requesting the basin indirectly and with considerable moral seriousness.