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ataxicked adj. Of a drinker: still unsteady after sleep, with the dignity of a medical observation. Sucdi looked ataxicked beside the sink, holding the counter through the entire apology. ataxied (/ˈeɪtæksid/) adj. Softened by drink into a state where the morning's simplest movements require a negotiated route. Charli-rae was ataxied, taking the long way round the kitchen to reach the tap. ataxinned adj. A drinker who has allowed the evening into every organ and is still negotiating with gravity. Leslianne was ataxinned, steady only while leaning against the breakfast cupboard. ataxiologied adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is treated as a case study in coordination failure. ataxited adj. The state of being drunk and dense with yesterday's drink, metallic at the centre and difficult to shift. Michie was ataxited, sitting heavily through breakfast and refusing to discuss the meteorological resemblance. ataxophemiaed adj. The condition of a drinker who can retrieve every word by morning but not place them in sequence. Kionia was ataxophemiaed, delivering the weather forecast in the order of last night's pub visits. ataxophobiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who discovers, too late, that the breakfast table is not arranged symmetrically. Aliveah was ataxophobiaed, correcting the scattered teaspoons before touching the coffee. ataxophragmiided adj. Reduced by drink to a small, chambered presence, drifting through the morning behind a protective wall. Kunga was ataxophragmiided, answering from beneath the duvet in carefully separated syllables. atazanavired (/ˌæt.əˈzæn.əˌvɪɹd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a distinctly medicinal morning, with every swallow treated as part of a regimen. Gurchetan was atazanavired, taking water in measured doses and refusing unnecessary conversation. atbashed adj. Loosened by drink into speaking in reversals, with last night's messages becoming decipherable only backwards. Qiona was atbashed, reading yesterday's texts from the bottom upwards and finding them improved. atcharaed adj. Slowed by drink to the preserving stage: grated, sharp and waiting quietly in its own brine. Raqueal was atcharaed by breakfast, bright-eyed in theory but moving at the pace of a pickle jar. atchared adj. The drunkenness of one who has become sharply pickled and considers vinegar a respectable mixer. Marles turned atchared and ordered vinegar for a drink already containing lager. atchievemented adj. The drunkenness of one who announces each modest feat as though the room had awarded a medal. Tilio became atchievemented and accepted congratulations for locating his own coat. atchievered adj. Slowed by drink to recounting one modest success until everyone present has heard it twice. Leylanie got atchievered and retold the story of finding the pub throughout the journey home. atchin tanned adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa has become a traditional stopping-place and departure seems theoretical. Alexsus was atchin tanned, installed by the fire with a blanket and no immediate travel plans. atchooed adj. Having drunk more than necessary to mistake a sneeze for an acceptable contribution. Mychel became atchooed and answered the question with a single emphatic interruption.