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cinchoniaed adj. Of a drinker: alkaloidal in manner, pale and composed until asked about the missing coat. Destinee was cinchoniaed at breakfast, pale, composed and unable to account for the coat. cinchonic acided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a distinctly sour, plant-derived account of the morning. cinchonic redded adj. Describing a drinker who has left a resinous stain on the morning and on several pale surfaces. Missael was cinchonic redded, with yesterday’s colour transferred to the pillowcase. cinchonicined adj. A drinker who has become toxic to conversation, particularly before the first restorative cup. Adarrius was cinchonicined, making the breakfast table briefly hazardous to approach. cinchonidiaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning presents yesterday’s self in a convincing but altered form. Caryn woke cinchonidiaed, recognising the photograph but not the person beside her. cinchonidined adj. The state of being drunk and stereoisomeric: recognisably yourself, but reversed in the crucial places. Sabriah was cinchonidined, signing the apology with the wrong hand and defending the result. cinchonidiniumed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a single positive charge and cannot be neutralised before lunch. Bernesha was cinchonidiniumed, attracting every loose explanation in the kitchen. cinchonined adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the morning as an illness best met with another medicinal measure. Chrishun woke cinchonined and prescribed himself something restorative before leaving the sofa. cinchoniniumed adj. Reduced by drink to a positively charged version of yourself, awaiting deprotonation by breakfast. Lenden sat cinchoniniumed beside the kettle, charged with grievances from the previous night. cinchonisationed adj. Sharpened by drink into a bitterly lucid reconstruction of events that may not have occurred. Laylannie woke cinchonisationed and supplied precise, unwelcome corrections to everyone’s recollections. cinchonismed adj. Reduced by drink to a condition the quinine in the tonic was supposed to prevent. Clayson arrived cinchonismed despite having ordered tonics exclusively since half past eight. cinchonizationed adj. Loosened by drink into a process of rearranging the night until its worst parts dissolve. Rameel woke cinchonizationed, steadily rearranging the evening over weak tea. cinchonologied adj. Emboldened by drink to explain the morning pharmacologically, including why another dose seems indicated. Cullan got cinchonologied and lectured over breakfast on the properties of every remedy present. cinchophened (/ˈsɪŋkəfɛnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an old remedy, with breakfast postponed for therapeutic reasons. Addyline was cinchophened, taking twelve minutes to decide whether toast remained advisable. cinchotannic acided adj. Drunk and tannin-darkened, leaving the mouth dry and the morning slightly puckered. Mikela arrived cinchotannic acided, with a dry mouth and a brownish view of events. cinchotined adj. Drunk to the point where the morning follows a complicated route round every obvious decision. Zeida was cinchotined, taking the long route to the bathroom and forgetting its purpose.