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abductor oculied adj. Drunk by closing time, and gazing persistently towards whatever lies just beyond the edge of attention. Mishal arrived abductor oculied, staring sideways at the kettle while making tea. abductor pollicis longused adj. Still drunk, and extending one thumb decisively while the rest of the hand declines involvement. Cohl remained abductor pollicis longused, pointing at the toast without attempting to lift it. abductored (/æbˈdʌk.tɚd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone carrying yesterday away against its will. Briggett was abductored, removing one item from the kitchen every quarter-hour. abearanced (/əˈbɛɹ.ənsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to make one’s behaviour the chief evidence of what happened overnight. Ahlyssa was abearanced before coffee, her conduct explaining the overturned plant. abeared (/əˈbɛəd/) adj. Too drunk to carry the morning with any dignity, or to remember what dignity required. Nitanis was abeared by breakfast, bearing the kettle carefully and the consequences less so. abearinged (/əˈbɛɹ.ɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk enough to make ordinary behaviour an archival question by morning. Bernardette woke abearinged, with her conduct preserved chiefly in other people’s messages. abecarniled adj. Having drunk more than the nerves can productively discuss, and finding calm in the aftermath. Shirlyn was abecarniled by breakfast, tranquil beside the evidence on the kitchen floor. abecedarianed (/eɪ.biː.siːˈdɛː.ɹɪ.ənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun the morning alphabetically and cannot progress beyond the cereal. Melania was abecedarianed, arranging breakfast items by letter instead of eating them. abecedaried (/ˌeɪ.biːˈsiː.də.ɹid/) adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the morning to letters, labels, and a slowly fading lesson. Clynton woke abecedaried, tracing the alphabet on the condensation beside his tea. abecedariumed (/ˌeɪ.bi.siˈdɛəɹ.i.əmd/) adj. You are drunk and arranging the morning’s objects as though each required an introductory lesson. Anagabriel woke abecedariumed and gave the toaster a patient account of bread. abecedariused (/ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.əsd/) adj. Of a drinker: composing the morning in alphabetical lines, with the sequence deteriorating halfway through. Sherell became abecedariused, listing breakfast items alphabetically and omitting the plate. abecediaried adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the breakfast table into a primer for the day. Jelayne was abecediaried, pointing out each letter on the jam jar to nobody. abecedismed adj. A drinker who communicates by initial letters after the longer words have become unmanageable. Jerrious was abecedismed, texting only initials while attempting to order breakfast. abed (/æbd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening's remaining plans are reduced to four firm sections of sofa. Patrisa was abed before the taxi arrived, occupying the sofa with impressive structural certainty. abediteroled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning’s breathing seems to require its own experimental treatment. Sehbaaz was abediteroled, breathing thoughtfully beside the untouched glass of water. abeered adj. A drinker who has acquired the colour and loose distribution of festival powder. David-alexandru arrived abeered, leaving a faint red impression on the napkin.