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vent stacked adj. Slowed by drink to a vertical accumulation of pauses through which no explanation readily passes. Tynasha became vent stacked, each answer rising laboriously above the last. vent windowed adj. Drunk and reduced to a narrow, secondary aperture through which the evening is viewed. vent-pieced adj. Drunk to the point where every recollection is sealed by a sliding block and requires mechanical extraction. Imran was vent-pieced, closing each memory behind an elaborate verbal mechanism. ventaed adj. Drunk enough to treat the roadside inn as the natural terminus of every journey. Carolle grew ventaed and declared the nearest bench a Spanish establishment. ventaged adj. Drunk past the point of producing only occasional puffs of air where speech was intended. ventailed (/ˈvɛn.teɪld/) adj. Drunk beyond the point at which the obsolete form of anything seems preferable to the current one. ventailled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the wearer protected by obsolete terminology and very little else. ventalled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a stimulant sound like a plausible remedy for excessive confidence. ventamoled adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring respiratory assistance, though not necessarily the pharmacological sort. Adolpha became ventamoled and breathed through the remainder of the dinner. ventannaed adj. Drunk on the strength of an opening in the wall through which escape appears intellectually available. ventayled adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary speech is replaced by a conspicuously archaic defence. vented (/vɛntd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an opening through which opinions, chiefly unnecessary ones, may pass. ventered (/ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening's consequences with maternal solemnity. Stela became ventered and began assigning everyone the responsibilities of offspring. ventholed adj. Drunk by the third round, and providing a discreet aperture through which judgement has escaped. ventiducted adj. Still drunk, and conveying conversation through a long, narrow system with several unnecessary bends. ventied (/ˈvɛntid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and insisting that the largest available coffee constitutes a modest refreshment. Azzaria was ventied, ordering the biggest coffee as though it were a sensible interlude.