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veldt shoed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a heavy shoe crossing wet ground towards the taxi rank. veldt sored adj. Drunk to the point where a small scrape requires a full account before the coat can be collected. veldtcrafted adj. The drunkenness of one who can turn a missed last train into an organised outdoor expedition. veldted adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the open pavement without a coat, a map, or a convincing reason. veldtschoened adj. Drunk enough to regard untanned leather as formal footwear for the walk between pub and station. veldtschooned adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that the footwear, like the route home, was unfinished. veled adj. Drunk by closing time, and hiding the evidence with limited success. velellaed adj. Drunk beyond the point of choosing a direction, floating freely between the pub, the station, and another round. velellided adj. Drunk in a way that keeps you afloat through last orders, coats, and an increasingly theoretical journey home. Ash-leigh was velellided by midnight, buoyant beneath a borrowed coat and unconcerned about the station. veletaed adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey home proceeds as a waltz, with each kerb receiving three steps. velfied (/ˈvɛlfid/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation requires a filmed self-portrait before proceeding. velifered adj. The state of being drunk and fin-like, with a dorsal opinion on every matter. veliferided adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the placid, ornamental bearing of a sailfin moonfish. Mobolaji was veliferided, sitting placidly beneath the pub mirror with the ornamental bearing of a sailfin moonfish. veligered adj. The drunkenness of one who remains larval, planktonic, and equipped for no responsible adult undertaking. veliided adj. Reduced by drink to a riffle-bug's scale, temperament, and preference for moving water. velikited adj. Softened by drink into a mineralogical specimen of copper, mercury, sulphur, and tin.