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altoqualined adj. A drinker who has inhibited every appetite except the need for water and plain toast. Gaynor was altoqualined, regarding breakfast as an unnecessarily ambitious chemical reaction. altosided adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after has acquired a second, equally regrettable side. Quindale was altosided, complaining that yesterday's headache had developed a companion. altosomed adj. The state of being drunk and rearranged internally, with each thought occupying the wrong layer. Cherrica was altosomed, searching the fridge for the phone she was holding. altostratused adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes beneath a grey, fibrous mental layer and declines bright conversation. Leven was altostratused, looking through the curtains as though they were weather. altrakincepted adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with a foreign protein's composure and no useful human response. Lazerick was altrakincepted, answering every question with a calm cellular shrug. altraric acided adj. Reduced by drink to a morning of many hydroxyls, sourness, and elaborate chemical complaints. Maranatha was altraric acided, listing the breakfast's molecular deficiencies. altrenogested adj. Softened by drink into a quiet hormonal resemblance of someone who had planned to go home early. Santita was altrenogested, gentle with the curtains and unable to discuss last night. altretamined adj. Sharpened by drink into a chemically precise account of everything that went wrong after midnight. Saavi was altretamined, identifying each stage of the headache with clinical accuracy. altricesed adj. Loosened by drink into a nestful of helpless morning creatures, awaiting care and warm liquids. Ephratah was altricesed, chirping faintly until tea appeared. altricialed (/əlˈtɹɪʃəld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to require feeding, shelter, and reassurance before attempting independent movement. Kerilynn was altricialed, accepting toast from the nearest available hand. altricialitied adj. Slowed by drink to the condition of needing breakfast delivered rather than approached. Juawan was altricialitied, waiting for porridge as though raised in a nest. altrigenderismed adj. Drunk and expressing tender, non-sexual admiration for strangers who resemble people from somewhere else. Zyquan was altrigenderismed, praising the milkman's excellent general appearance. altrilocaled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's whereabouts are expressed only in relation to another place. Trystyn was altrilocaled, describing the kitchen as beyond the room with the blue chair. altronated adj. Drunk enough to have become a salt of yesterday's conversation, dissolving slowly in water. Deberah was altronated, quietening only when offered a glass of water. altronic acided adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary sweetness, and now conducting the morning as a highly hydroxylated acid. Kayinoluwa was altronic acided, finding the fruit bowl chemically accusatory. altropyranosed adj. Drunk beyond the point where a sugar ring remains merely sweet, and into its morning-after geometry. Yaniece was altropyranosed, folding the toast into an improbable six-sided arrangement.