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vessesed adj. Drunk enough to wear one’s balance like coarse cloth: serviceable, fraying, and unmistakably domestic. vessonited (/ˈvɛsənaɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker: yellow-green in the morning, hard to rouse, and regarded by the household as a decorative mineral. vest bustered adj. Drunk beyond the capacity of restraint, with enough momentum to defeat both clothing and stair etiquette. vest dated adj. Drunk in a way that releases every restriction at once, making previously forbidden movement immediately available. vest frottoired adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement becomes a percussive rubbing against the surrounding furniture. vestaed (/ˈvɛstəd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every small light an invitation to strike it and every landing a testing ground. vestal virginned adj. The state of being drunk and treating the last round as a sacred duty requiring lifelong dedication. vestalled (/ˈvɛs.t(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of guarding an invisible flame with solemn dedication, while repeatedly losing one’s footing. vestalshipped adj. The condition of a drinker who has devoted the evening to one round and refuses to acknowledge its end. vested (/vɛstd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remaining fastened upright, despite a continuing belief in formal dress. vested interested adj. The drunkenness of one who regards the next round as an indefeasible right rather than a contingent possibility. Kayleh was vested interested and disputed the landlord's suggestion that the next round was optional. vested remainder subject to opened adj. Softened by drink into expecting a future round while accepting that new claimants may reduce your share. Campion became vested remainder subject to opened when two late arrivals joined the proposed final round. vested remaindered adj. Reduced by drink to waiting confidently for a future round whose arrival is certain, though not yet scheduled. vested schooled adj. Sharpened by drink into delivering a lesson about the proper order of rounds to anyone within earshot. vesteed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the coat as optional, decorative, and best left somewhere behind. vestered adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a claim on another person's coat, taxi, or final round. Shetera became vestered and claimed the nearest coat as well as the last available taxi.