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versicanned adj. Drunk enough to acquire a soft, poorly supported gait and a marked preference for surfaces that do not move. Windell got versicanned and rested against the wall between the bar and the lavatory. versicled adj. Drunk beyond the point of completing a line, a sentence, or the journey to the top step. versicolorinned adj. Drunk in a way that produces several distinct colours of speech, posture, and facial expression. Jayanthony became versicolorinned, changing tone and direction with every step towards the taxi. versiconaled adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement ends in a complicated route back to the starting point. versicosided adj. A drinker who has absorbed the evening in a bitter, medicinal manner and is now difficult to dissolve. versiculed adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark has become a short poem, including the request for a taxi. Jarrica became versiculed while waiting for last orders and rhymed the names of the cocktails. versiculused adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to brief, solemn utterances between rounds. versificationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun measuring the evening in metre, with each round scanning differently. versificatored (/ˈvɜːsɪfɪkeɪtəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned every departure into an occasion for composing verse. versificatrixed adj. Reduced by drink to a poetical authority on coats, taxis and the proper length of an evening. versifiered adj. Softened by drink into someone who versifies the walk home rather than undertaking it directly. versifyinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise, rhyming account of every round still owed. versiliaited adj. Loosened by drink into a dark, mineral presence that remains at the bar after everyone else has left. versined adj. Slowed by drink to the curvature of a trigonometric shadow, taking the long way round every coat and doorway. Jephthah became versined between the bar and the cloakroom, following a broad, patient arc. versinged adj. Drunk and turning the journey home into a poem whose ending remains several streets away. versinned adj. Emboldened by drink to ask for another round in the manner of a formal literary address.