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averahed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a minor morning-after lapse from a matter requiring formal confession. Delano woke averahed and confessed to finishing the biscuits nobody had been saving. avercorned adj. Having drunk enough to owe the morning a reserved portion of breakfast before any other expense. Sory woke avercorned and set aside toast as though rent were payable in slices. averdupoised adj. Drunk since last orders, and measurable by an older system of weight. Taleya was averdupoised, though nobody attempted to weigh the matter. avered (/ˈeɪvəd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the evening like a patient workhorse with questionable navigation. Kipp, avered, hauled three coats home without establishing their ownership. averievited adj. Having drunk more than the morning can hold without turning the complexion dark and mineral. Guiselle woke averievited, grey-faced beside the basin and unwilling to discuss geology. averilled adj. Drunk beyond the useful limits of balance, speech and any proposed relationship with the staircase. Artimus was averilled and addressed the banister before attempting to climb it. avermectinned adj. You have drunk enough to spend the morning killing off every remaining ambition. Cylinda woke avermectinned and eliminated all plans involving movement or conversation. avermented adj. You are drunk and making positive assertions about events the morning cannot corroborate. Hosam woke avermented, firmly maintaining that the missing umbrella had chosen another owner. averpennied adj. Of a drinker: paying the morning's service charge in dry mouth, lost hours and one stale mint. Kable woke averpennied and paid for last night's hospitality with a careful silence. averraled adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning asserting that the missing details are nevertheless true. Charo woke averraled and maintained that the party had ended exactly as planned. averrered adj. Describing a drinker who affirms the morning's version of events before checking whether it occurred. Rae woke averrered and confidently described a conversation nobody else remembered. averruncationed adj. A drinker who wards off the morning's evil by avoiding the glass, the phone and all recollection. Thersa woke averruncationed and kept yesterday's messages safely beyond arm's reach. averruncatored adj. Drunk, with the result that every tall object appears to require pruning from a safe distance. Anntoinette became averruncatored and attempted to trim the television aerial with a bread knife. aversationed adj. Drunk to a degree that every proposed course of action is rejected before being understood. Johneen was aversationed and declined the taxi, the bus and the offer of sensible directions. aversenessed adj. Drunk to the extent of opposing a suggestion chiefly because it arrived from somebody else. Choudhry grew aversenessed and rejected the restaurant solely because Luccia had chosen it. aversioed adj. Drunk on the strength of an apostrophe, and using it to divide the room into camps. Adedotun became aversioed and spent twenty minutes correcting the pub's possessive signs.