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vellum papered adj. Drunk by the third round, and smooth, heavy, and unsuitable for any hurried conclusion. vellumed (/ˈvɛləmd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having acquired a thin, delicate surface which no longer conceals the contents. vellus haired adj. Drunk by closing time, and covered in the barely perceptible consequences of the evening. Elizebth was vellus haired, apparently composed but furnished with numerous fine complications. velmanase alfaed adj. Still drunk, and requiring a specialist intervention for a condition nobody at the table can pronounce. Kaeli was velmanase alfaed on the sofa, awaiting specialist assistance with the morning. velocimanned adj. Too drunk to advance except by hand, with the dignity of an early bicycle and none of its steering. Marcellyn was velocimanned, advancing by hand with the dignity of an early bicycle. velocimetered adj. Loosened by drink into measuring the morning's every stagger as though it were a moving object. velocimetried adj. Emboldened by drink to measure the flow of blood through your head before breakfast. velociousnessed adj. Slowed by drink to regarding yesterday's briskness as a quality belonging to someone else. velocipedeaned adj. Drunk beyond walking straight, and therefore travelling by repeated pushes against the floor. velocipeded (/vɪˈlɒs.ɪ.piːdd/) adj. Drunk and propelling yourself by feet along the landing, with the balance of an early bicycle. Ethan-thomas came downstairs velocipeded, pushing both feet against the carpet. velocipedered adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's rider has become inseparable from the machine beneath him. velocipedestrianed adj. Drunk enough to walk as though riding, feet pushing against the pavement for assistance. Shu reached the newsagent velocipedestrianed, repeatedly finding the pavement insufficiently level. velocipedestrienned adj. Drunk past the point of walking normally, with the morning requiring an elegant two-wheeled reconstruction. velocipedianed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every corridor an improvised bicycle route. velocipedisted adj. Drunk, with the result that walking has become a form of bicycle riding without the bicycle. velociraptored adj. Drunk to a degree that makes breakfast a small, agile hunt conducted with alarming claws.