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vetoered adj. Reduced by drink to refusing approval for every arrangement, including the arrangement of one's own limbs. vetoismed adj. Softened by drink into excessive refusal, particularly of clean glasses and reasonable bedtimes. Shenice was vetoismed on the sofa, opposing every suggestion with a gentle but final wave. vetoisted adj. Sharpened by drink into a determined supporter of refusing things, chiefly the last round of practical help. vetonied adj. Loosened by drink into a floppy, herbaceous presence among the cushions. vetrabutined adj. Emboldened by drink to relax every household spasm, including the one preventing departure from the sofa. vetsinned adj. Slowed by drink to a savoury crawl between the kitchen, the glass of water, and the sofa. vetted (/vɛtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and diagnosing the household's minor ailments before anyone has asked. vettered (/ˈvɛtəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts a morning examination of every symptom, bruise, and questionable decision. vettinged adj. Drunk and conducting a thorough investigation of every cushion, cupboard, and available glass of water. vetturaed adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa is treated as a hired carriage and the kitchen as its terminus. Letonia was vetturaed, requesting a fare from the sofa to the kitchen and back again. vetturinoed adj. Drunk enough to drive an imaginary household carriage, with the coffee table serving as an unreliable route marker. vetulicolianed adj. Drunk past the point of terrestrial usefulness, drifting slowly between sofa and kitchen like an extinct marine animal. Canna was vetulicolianed beneath the blanket, drifting towards water whenever the current permitted. vetulicolided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary locomotion, with the sofa serving as a shallow Cambrian sea. vetustied adj. Drunk, with the result that every domestic object has acquired the dignity of great age. vetustitied (/vəˈtus.tɪ.tid/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the sofa seem ancient, permanent, and not worth leaving before morning. Patrichia was vetustitied in the armchair, regarding the kitchen as a later historical period. vetyvered adj. Drunk past the point of resisting a fragrant association, and making everyone else share it.