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assted adj. Of a drinker: present, observant, and unlikely to be useful before closing time. Leverne was assted at the meeting and noticed the missing keys only afterwards. asstonned adj. Drunk on the strength of an enormous, unspecified quantity, and confident that quantity itself constitutes a plan. Valmai was asstonned and ordered enough takeaway to require a second table. asstunnelled adj. Still drunk, and discovering that the morning's route to the lavatory has become uncomfortably direct. Iyra remained asstunnelled at breakfast and approached the bathroom with studied care. assuagemented (/əˈsweɪd͡ʒməntd/) adj. Too drunk to accept comfort except in successive, carefully administered cups of tea. Darcy-rose was assuagemented by breakfast, requesting sympathy with each fresh mug. assuagered adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint the nearest available person as the morning's official source of relief. Loddie was assuagered at nine, following Raymone about in search of practical consolation. assuaginged adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning soothing every consequence except the principal one. Lamonta was assuaginged, distributing tea while avoiding any discussion of the missing keys. assuasived adj. Having drunk more than the available remedies can soothe, but continuing to test them politely. Domanic was assuasived by breakfast, accepting water as though it were a promising treatment. assuefactioned (/ˌæ.swɪˈfæk.ʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to become habituated to the morning's headache and call it routine. Gjon was assuefactioned by ten and treated the headache as part of his normal schedule. assuetuded (/ˈæ.swɪˌtjuːdd/) adj. You are drunk and already accustomed to waking beside unexplained glasses of water. Pearlina was assuetuded by breakfast, accepting the stranger's coat as a familiar inconvenience. assumabilitied adj. Of a drinker: sufficiently fogged that every missing detail seems readily assumable. Kambrea was assumabilitied, supplying plausible accounts for the missing umbrella and muddy shoe. assumed named adj. Of a drinker who has adopted an alias before breakfast and cannot now remember the original. Sharida was assumed named at the café, introducing herself under three incompatible surnames. assumented adj. Describing a drinker who has attached an unnecessary addition to every morning-after explanation. Fellicia was assumented, adding new details to the story whenever anyone looked doubtful. assumered adj. A drinker who assumes responsibility for objects, conversations and arrangements not belonging to them. Vetra was assumered by breakfast and undertook to reorganise a neighbour's recycling. assuming the mantled adj. The state of being drunk and accepting the responsibilities of whoever appears most authoritative before breakfast. Latarshia was assuming the mantled, instructing strangers where to place their coats. assuminged (/əˈsjuːmɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every uncertain memory has hardened into an assumption by morning. Jemmima was assuminged, certain the taxi had been blue despite nobody else recalling one. assumingnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats guesses as settled facts until the headache intervenes. Fajar was assumingnessed, confidently identifying the neighbour's cat as last night's companion.