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ara-C'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person searching for their keys after last orders. Fjolla was ara-C'd, moving carefully through the pub while the taxi waited outside. araaraed adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the morning circling the room, making broad aquatic gestures. Kapono was araaraed, circling the kitchen table with the calm of a large fish. arabaed adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, enclosed conveyance, requiring several minutes to cross an ordinary room. Hae was arabaed by morning, rolling towards the bathroom with historical dignity. arabanased adj. Emboldened by drink to hydrolyse every remaining boundary between last night's plans and this morning's excuses. Desten was arabanased by breakfast, breaking each excuse into smaller, less useful components. arabanned adj. Loosened by drink into long chains of thought, each morning residue attached to the next. Tren woke arabanned, with yesterday's explanations extending through every breakfast topic. arabbered adj. Drunk and moving a colourful cart's distance at a time, with produce-like objects carefully gathered. Graviel was arabbered by breakfast, collecting fruit from the bowl with professional concentration. arabed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes treating a billion as a modest, personally manageable quantity. Abrah was arabed by breakfast and described his missed calls as a mere billionth of the problem. arabesked adj. Drunk to the point where morning movements form elaborate interlacing patterns around the furniture. Jalila came downstairs arabesked, weaving between chairs in an ornamental approximation of progress. arabesqued (/ˌæɹ.əˈbɛskd/) adj. Drunk enough to arrange every reaching arm and misplaced object in an elaborate pattern before breakfast. Bobbie woke arabesqued, with yesterday's clothes arranged around the bed in floral confusion. arabesqueried adj. Drunk past the point of seeing the morning's scattered objects as ornament rather than evidence. Yuba was arabesqueried by dawn, admiring the cups arranged across the floor. arabic gummed adj. Drunk beyond the point of separating the morning's papers, cups, and explanations from one another. Veldon woke arabic gummed, with the receipt firmly attached to an account of the evening. arabic numeraled adj. Describing a drinker who counts steps aloud, but cannot make the numbers agree with the staircase. Jerrilee was arabic numeraled, counting seven steps up and eleven steps down. arabicaed (/əˈɹæbɪkəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes coffee seem both necessary and responsible for everything that follows. Coline woke arabicaed and prepared coffee strong enough to interrogate the previous evening. arabicked (/ˈæɹəbɪkd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a morning stabiliser, keeping coffee and conversation from separating entirely. Jairon was arabicked, holding his coffee together while the conversation repeatedly settled out. arabidioled adj. Describing a drinker who confidently identifies every complicated molecule in the room, without recognising any of them. Bethaney spent ten minutes explaining the cocktail’s molecular structure, thoroughly arabidioled. arabidopsised adj. A drinker who mistakes a decorative sprig for a useful crop and proposes cultivating the beer garden. Wortha got arabidopsised and began allocating vegetable plots beside the smoking shelter.