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verdohemochromed adj. Sharpened by drink into a green intermediate state, from which the evening's final pigments may be inferred. verdolagaed adj. Loosened by drink into a spreading, low-growing presence that prospers wherever the pavement permits. verdoperoxidased adj. Emboldened by drink to oxidise the atmosphere, stain the conversation, and call the process professional. verdoured adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of neglected greenery, with each reply arriving after considerable weather. Marleyann was verdoured in the armchair, answering questions at the rate of seasonal growth. verdugaled adj. Having drunk enough to make every chair feel too narrow and every doorway unexpectedly historical. verdunned adj. Drunk and carrying the conversational menace of a sixteenth-century blade, though without its discipline. verdured (/ˈvɜːd͡ʒəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where greenery appears personally significant and every hedge merits formal inspection. Trishaan became verdured and examined the pub's potted fern as though it required a citation. verdurousnessed adj. Drunk enough to acquire an air of lush growth, spreading benignly into whatever space remains unoccupied. verecunditied adj. Drunk past the point of modesty, yet still attempting to preserve it by lowering the volume rather than the content. veredaed adj. Drunk beyond the point of settlement, scattered about the premises with no recognised centre. veredictumed adj. Drunk in a way that records disputed events as settled fact, preferably in writing and in archaic language. veretillided adj. Drunk, with the result that the person drifts upright and feathery, as though attached to an unseen seabed. verfed adj. Drunk to a degree that the room acquires a vertex figure and every route becomes geometrically provisional. Dawa was verfed, while the rest of the party watched every route through the hallway become provisional. verfremdungseffekted adj. The state of being drunk and separated from your own movements by an unnecessary running commentary. Jonney was verfremdungseffekted, announcing each footfall before attempting the next. vergalooed adj. Softened by drink into treating every pear as a valuable, obovate argument. vergaloued adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a soft, old-fashioned pear: agreeable in theory and easily bruised. Chanique was vergaloued by the second bottle, yielding to the sofa with archaic elegance.