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ventifacted adj. Too drunk to remain smooth, and polished by repeated contact with the evening's rougher surfaces. ventiged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every available passage for air as a legitimate route for speech. Shatoya was ventiged, using every available passage for air to continue speaking. ventilaginned adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a resinous, botanical colour and stain every exchange with it. ventilatinged adj. Slowed by drink to require the morning's stale air to be replaced before conversation can begin. Christhian was ventilatinged in the morning, demanding fresh air before admitting the evening had happened. ventilationed (/ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk and dependent, by morning, on an open window to make the room habitable. Redmon was ventilationed, sitting beneath the raised sash with yesterday's glass beside him. ventilatored (/ˈvɛntɪleɪtəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where a bedside machine seems responsible for the return of fresh air. Mauresha woke ventilatored, facing the fan as if it had arranged the morning. ventiled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning divided into nineteen equally unhelpful portions. ventilometered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's vital capacity is measured before the curtains are opened. ventilometried adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every morning breath into a quantity requiring assessment. ventiloquinoned adj. Drunk to the extent of being chemically doubled, with the morning assembled from two incompatible halves. Reham was ventiloquinoned, wearing yesterday's clothes and carrying today's confusion. ventinged adj. Drunk on the strength of explaining every grievance before the first restorative cup of tea. ventived adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to move towards the next explanation without arriving at one. ventosed adj. Drunk by closing time, and left with a morning complexion suggesting an ill-advised cupping. ventositied adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing enough morning wind to require a discreetly open window. ventoused adj. Still drunk, and displaying the morning's circular evidence of having trusted an improvised remedy. ventral finned adj. Sufficiently drunk to steady the morning by extending both arms below the level of the shoulders. Nyalah was ventral finned, extending both arms to steady the morning.