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vestiarianed adj. Slowed by drink to weighing the merits of wearing a coat for the journey home as though it were doctrine. vestiaried (/ˈvɛstɪəɹid/) adj. Drunk to the point where retrieving a coat has become a ceremonial stage of going home. Maricsa was vestiaried, reverently handling three coats before locating the one that was hers. vestiariumed adj. Drunk and gathering the party in the cloakroom, where every coat has acquired a personal history. Jakiria became vestiariumed and addressed each coat before attempting to find her own. vestibular ganglioned adj. Drunk past the point of locating the journey home without consulting every turn, wall, and passing stranger. vestibular glanded adj. Drunk beyond the point where every small doorway on the route home appears to require careful attention. vestibular nerved adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home depend on repeated corrections of direction and balance. vestibular nucleused adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to leave settles into a different, equally confident direction. vestibular systemed adj. Drunk to a degree that motion, head position, and balance have ceased to agree about the journey home. vestibular windowed adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding the nearest opening as a promising alternative to the official exit. vestibulared (/vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.əd/) adj. Drunk enough to approach the exit as a competitive examination, with the doorway selecting the successful candidates. Delpha became vestibulared at the exit, submitting to the doorway's competitive admissions procedure. vestibule schooled adj. Drunk since last orders, and receiving practical instruction in leaving the premises from the doorway itself. Jesicca was vestibule schooled by the doorman, who demonstrated the direction of the pavement twice. vestibule trained adj. Drunk by the third round, and able to remain connected to every conversation while moving towards home. vestibulectomied adj. Drunk by closing time, and stripped of the entrance hall that once separated the pub from the outside world. vestibuled (/ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of remaining in the entrance hall, neither departing nor properly returning. vestibuliferided adj. Still drunk, and moving homewards in small, persistent circles around the entrance. vestibulitised adj. Too drunk to cross the threshold without treating the entrance as an area of particular difficulty. Kastin was vestibulitised and required both doorposts to reach the pavement.