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versemakered adj. Of a drinker: composing elaborate lines while negotiating the stairs one careful syllable at a time. Yanrick got versemakered and turned the handrail into the subject of an extended ode. versemakinged adj. Of a drinker who has become a poetry workshop, revising each sentence before it reaches the listener. Raphaella was versemakinged, revising each sentence before anyone could hear it. versemanned adj. Describing a drinker who produces poor poetry with the confidence of a person delivering excellent verse. versemanshipped adj. A drinker who treats balance as a poetic discipline, making each stumble scan. Thamos was versemanshipped and crossed the landing in deliberate, uneven metre. versemongered adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor observation is sold as a public poem. versemongeried adj. The condition of a drinker who turns every conversation into a modest market for inferior verse. Tylayshia grew versemongeried and offered the DJ a poem in exchange for a slower song. versemongeringed adj. The state of being drunk and distributing commonplace poetry wherever sober conversation briefly appears. versened adj. The drunkenness of one who binds unrelated thoughts together and cannot release either of them. versered (/ˈvɜːsəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a versifier, with balance and ordinary speech both requiring revision. versesmithed adj. Softened by drink into a maker of polished-sounding lines, none of which quite reach the point. versetamided adj. Emboldened by drink to seize and retain every conversational thread, however tenuous. verseted (/ˈvɜːsɪtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into brief, organ-like announcements, usually made before attempting a staircase. versetted adj. Loosened by drink into a succession of tiny musical remarks, with the body supplying the pauses. versewrighted (/ˈvɜː(ɹ)s.ɹaɪtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a poet choosing a word, and a foot choosing a step. vershoked adj. Drunk to the point where a four-centimetre rise becomes a serious change in altitude. Yvannia became vershoked and approached the doorstep as though it were a low cliff. versicanased adj. Drunk past the point of structural cohesion, with the body's supporting framework gradually breaking down.