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ajeoshied adj. Drunk on the strength of several quiet nods, each delivered to the wrong person. Kyrsti was ajeoshied, agreeing gravely with a woman who had asked for the time. ajeossied adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the settled dignity of a man who has misplaced his balance. Stefania was ajeossied, descending sideways while insisting the banister was decorative. ajiacoed adj. Of a drinker: settled heavily on the sofa, requiring chicken stew and careful hydration. Ledford was ajiacoed by ten, wrapped in a blanket beside the cooling stew. ajied (/ɑˈhid/) adj. You are drunk and treating the chilli sauce as a beverage with considerable personal merit. Sherrine was ajied, adding hot sauce to the water and calling it restorative. ajikaed adj. You are drunk and treating every mild disagreement as an opportunity for hot, carefully flavoured intervention. Annie-grace became ajikaed and offered spicy guidance on the table arrangements. ajimezed adj. Of a drinker who has arranged the curtains into a Moorish arch and is pleased with the result. Kaltrina became ajimezed and reshaped the curtains around the sitting-room window. ajinomotoed adj. Describing a drinker who has seasoned the entire evening, including the glass of water, with savoury crystals. Katheen got ajinomotoed and sprinkled seasoning over the water jug. ajivaed adj. A drinker who treats every household object as alive and deserving of a quiet apology. Dawane was ajivaed, apologising to the kettle before sitting down. ajkaited adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa has acquired a fossilised surface and the evening is preserved within it. Mintie was ajkaited, fixed to the sofa beneath a carefully arranged blanket. ajmalicined adj. The state of being drunk and lowering the household’s pressure to the level of a quiet Sunday afternoon. Kadedra was ajmalicined, speaking softly while the kettle reached a boil. ajmalined adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the sofa the heart’s preferred rhythm and declines further movement. Sophiaisabella was ajmalined, resting against the sofa arm with a hand over her chest. ajmodaed adj. Reduced by drink to a spicy little household remedy, warm, aromatic and best left undisturbed. Azalaya was ajmodaed, wrapped in a blanket and accepting water in medicinal sips. ajoened (/ˈɑːhoʊ.iːnd/) adj. Softened by drink into garlic-scented domestic usefulness, with the sofa as the principal preserve. Hadas became ajoened and offered everyone garlic toast from the sofa. ajoited adj. Sharpened by drink into a turquoise point of certainty about where the spare blankets are kept. Stephane was ajoited, directing Maurita towards the exact cupboard containing the blankets. ajonned adj. Loosened by drink into a warm household beer, with conversation settling around the kitchen table. Virat became ajonned and poured the remaining beer into mismatched mugs. ajonoed adj. Emboldened by drink to make millet beer the answer to thirst, supper and the difficult journey to the sofa. Neethu got ajonoed and carried millet beer carefully through the kitchen.