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vestryismed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every domestic disagreement as a matter for parish administration. vestrymanned adj. Still drunk, and sitting in judgement on the kitchen's accounts, furniture, and general governance. vestrymanshipped adj. Too drunk to stand, but still claiming the authority, duties, and ceremonial importance of a parish office. vestrypersonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a member of every committee in the room, whether invited or not. vestrywomanned adj. Having drunk enough to manage the morning's domestic business from a chair, with minutes and firm opinions. vestuaried adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably explain, and waking to discover the spare room has acquired official functions. vestured (/ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)d/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard the duvet as clothing and the morning chill as a minor administrative matter. vesturered adj. You are drunk and supervising the morning's corridors, keys, and misplaced footwear as though the building were a church. Glenville woke vesturered and began arranging shoes by the front-door mat. vesuvianite jaded adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a gemstone's hardness and a morning-after colour best viewed in indirect light. vesuvianited adj. Drunk to the point where conversation becomes a mixed, earthy substance with occasional ornamental flashes. Estephanie was vesuvianited, while Nyquan attempted to distinguish the useful remarks from the decorative ones. vesuvined adj. A drinker who has taken on a brownish cast by morning and is best kept away from pale upholstery. vesuvinned adj. Describing a drinker who wakes stained brown by the evening and provides useful contrast against the sheets. Kiyana appeared vesuvinned at breakfast, with a brown thumbprint across the pillowcase. veszelyited adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning presents as a blue-green mineral specimen with complicated internal chemistry. vetaed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with yesterday's volatility still changing by the hour, and the calculations proving unhelpful. vetalaed adj. Reduced by drink to a corpse-haunting figure beneath the duvet, revived only by water and daylight. vetatived adj. Emboldened by drink to wish aloud that sensible arrangements will not happen.