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anatomied (/əˈnæt.ə.mid/) adj. Too drunk to regard the body as one thing, especially when standing up the next morning. Rexie was anatomied at breakfast, negotiating separately with knees, shoulders, and the head. anatomisered adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning's recollections are dissected until none remains intact. Monterrius, anatomisered, divided the previous evening into taxi, pub, and regrettable doorstep. anatomismed adj. Of a drinker: applying close structural attention to breakfast, and noting, with some precision, where everything has gone wrong. Lizbett sat anatomismed over her toast, identifying the fault lines before attempting a single bite. anatomisted (/əˈnæt.ə.mɪstd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after becomes an inventory of separate aches. Arsyn woke anatomisted and named each headache according to its apparent location. anatomizationed adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing yesterday's evening into distinct, poorly preserved incidents. Sieglinde became anatomizationed over coffee, separating the taxi, kebab, and missing scarf. anatomizered adj. Drunk since last orders, and now examining every symptom as though it were evidence. Jacarla woke anatomizered, testing each limb before committing to the bathroom. anatomopathologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking to a clinical account of what the evening did to the body. Jakel was anatomopathologied by breakfast, recording the night's effects with grim neatness. anatomopathologisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the morning's stains as specimens from a regrettable case. Justa arrived anatomopathologisted, identifying the carpet marks before asking whose they were. anatomotyped adj. Still drunk, and displaying one particular bodily feature with unusual prominence: the need for water. Nadin woke anatomotyped, every movement expressing the same anatomical requirement for water. anatomy of functioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to study the precise configuration of your limbs before attempting any ordinary task. Semajay was anatomy of functioned, rehearsing the arm movement required to lift a mug. anatopismed adj. Having drunk enough to find every object in the kitchen geographically out of place, including yourself. Celedonia woke anatopismed, searching the fridge for the spectacles left in the bread bin. anatoxinned adj. Having drunk more than your system could neutralise, yet insisting the remaining poison is nearly harmless. Audrone woke anatoxinned and described the previous night's cocktail as mostly historical. anatripsised adj. You have drunk enough to mistake vigorous rubbing for a reasonable treatment for the morning after. Najha became anatripsised, rubbing her temples as though friction might restore breakfast. anatripsologied adj. You are drunk and applying a private science of rubbing to every surviving headache. Melodyrose woke anatripsologied, testing different pressures against the temples before tea. anatronned adj. Of a drinker: dried out by the morning after and faintly mineral in outlook. Emery was anatronned, drinking water with the solemnity of a chemist restoring a solution. anatropiaed adj. Of a drinker who has woken with one eye attending to breakfast and the other to yesterday. Darach looked anatropiaed, reading the toast instructions while watching the doorway.