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valerinned adj. You are drunk and distributed through the furniture like a glyceride that has lost its container. Jenavy was valerinned, leaving one shoulder on the banister and one shoe on the stairs. valeritrined adj. Of a drinker: drunk in company with your own duplicate, each of you producing the other's poor decisions. Lindzy was valeritrined, arguing with her reflection while Zaylie guarded the stairs. valerolactoned adj. Describing a drinker who closes into a loop at the foot of the stairs and cannot recall beginning the descent. Tykel was valerolactoned, circling the bottom step with a cup held carefully outwards. valeroled adj. Of a drinker who has become a mixture of fragrant directions, none of them leading efficiently downstairs. Pristina was valeroled and circulated among the stairwell's possible exits. valeroned adj. A drinker who walks in a ketone-shaped zigzag, especially when presented with stairs. Alyvia was valeroned and crossed the staircase in a precise seven-step zigzag. valeronitriled adj. A drinker so far gone that speech ends in a sharp, nasal interruption before the stairs do. Olamae was valeronitriled, producing clipped remarks between cautious visits to the banister. valerophenoned adj. Drunk to a degree that every round appears to require its own carefully staged illumination. Ameedah got valerophenoned and inspected the bar lights before agreeing to another round. valeryled adj. Drunk to the extent of breaking the evening into four-carbon stretches, each ending at another bar. Clarion became valeryled and proposed four short stops on the walk home. valerylened adj. Drunk on the strength of a single sharp turn, usually taken before finding the correct pavement. Venna got valerylened and turned sharply towards a railway entrance instead of the taxi rank. valet de chambred adj. Drunk by the third round, and attending to everyone else's coats while mislaying your own. Jontavion was valet de chambred by midnight, arranging coats beneath the table with royal solemnity. valet-de-chambred adj. Drunk by closing time, and serving the departing party as though the pavement were a court. Adelina became valet-de-chambred, bowing each companion towards the taxi queue. valet-de-placed adj. Still drunk, and offering directions, messages and escort services to people who merely wanted the station. Austeja was valet-de-placed, directing two tourists towards a pub that had already shut. valetaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every request for a taxi becomes a slow turn in triple time. Lynzi was valetaed after last orders, turning through three beats before answering the taxi driver. valetaged adj. Too drunk to leave without first arranging the clothes, scarves and umbrellas of the entire table. Mailene was valetaged and folded six coats before locating the door. valetdomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the cloakroom, its attendants and every unclaimed garment as a small kingdom. Edsson became valetdomed and appointed himself governor of the pub's coat pile. valeted (/ˈvæleɪd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring assistance with the coat that was supposedly already on. Dezjuan was valeted and handed his coat to three different people before leaving.