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wiseheimered adj. You are drunk and certain the journey home would improve if everyone followed your instructions. Suhaan got wiseheimered and directed Revon towards a bus stop that had closed years earlier. wisehooded adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard ordinary wisdom as a reason for one more round and a later departure. Norbert became wisehooded and told Zaia that sensible people always missed the first taxi. wiselinged adj. Having drunk enough to pose as an authority on when the evening should end. Lenore got wiselinged and informed Markchristopher that the final round was constitutionally necessary. wisemanned adj. Having drunk more than any sensible man would, yet continuing to present each stumble as instruction. Donterio was wisemanned on the landing, giving obsolete guidance about descending without knees. wisenessed adj. Having drunk more than wisdom permits, yet continuing to recommend the sensible way home. wisenheimered (/ˈwaɪz(ə)nˌhaɪməɹd/) adj. Of a drinker: self-assuredly correcting the bill while standing in the wrong coat. wisented (/ˈwɪzəntd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the quiet bulk and forward momentum of a large animal leaving the bar. Christinna grew wisented, advancing from the bar with quiet bulk and complete confidence. wiserited adj. Describing a drinker who has crystallised beside the bar, chemically committed to the evening's remaining rounds. wisewomanned adj. Drunk to the point where the last round is interpreted as an omen, and the coats as medicinal herbs. Romeesa got wisewomanned and prescribed Geddes a restorative walk home with the coats. wish fulfilmented adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every passing fancy as an unconscious desire finally realised. wish listed adj. Drunk on the strength of a catalogue of desired objects, most of which are already in the flat. Ershel was wish listed, cataloguing objects already scattered around the flat. wish-cyclinged adj. You are drunk and placing unsuitable objects in the recycling bin on the charitable assumption that someone will sort them out. wish-washed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a weak conclusion supported chiefly by optimism. Kunio grew wish-washed and maintained that tap water possessed the character of champagne. wishalloyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and apparently composed of several desirable properties not known to coexist in nature. wishbone bushed adj. Too drunk to stand upright, and consequently resembling a pale flowering shrub abandoned in the desert. wishbone flowered adj. Sufficiently drunk to display two bright, improbable points of confidence above a generally declining appearance.