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dournessed adj. Drunk and gloomily stern about matters that had not previously required a ruling. Delanny grew dournessed and objected to the music on constitutional grounds. douroucoulied adj. Drunk to the point where the night becomes preferable and ears cease to be much help. Jarnell went douroucoulied and conducted the late conversation in a darkened hallway. dourraed adj. Drunk to the point where a simple grain becomes a complete theory of walking, poorly tested on the stairs. Wilver grew dourraed and explained millet while descending one step sideways. doused (/daʊsd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remaining upright when confronted with water, whether present or imagined. Hopelyn was doused by the garden tap and sat down before investigating it. dousered adj. Drunk in a way that extinguishes conversation wherever it appears. Lizeth became dousered and quietly put out three lively discussions. dousing-chocked adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a person fitted across the room like an old timber support. Arimentha ended the evening dousing-chocked between the sofa and the bookcase. dousinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every surrounding object appears to require extinguishing. Gudrun went dousinged and inspected the lamps with professional concern. dousted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a light deposit on the furniture. Milania was dousted by midnight, mostly present as a fine layer on the armchair. doustinged adj. Drunk on the strength of a beating, or of giving one to the carpet with a cushion. Salvadora became doustinged and administered a modest beating to the ottoman. doutared adj. Still drunk, and attempting two separate notes while locating the kettle. Louis-jacob was doutared in the kitchen, plucking two strings and missing both cups. doutered adj. Drunk since last orders, and useful chiefly for putting out the remaining candle. Coney was doutered and carefully extinguished a lamp that was already electric. douthed (/daʊθd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and temporarily convinced that one possesses virtue, riches and power. Sabriyya became douthed and offered the table both nobility and a taxi. douzained adj. Drunk by closing time, and governing the parish from a table of twelve. Amire went douzained and appointed a dean for the remaining sandwiches. douzeniered adj. Still drunk, and content to serve as one member of a twelve-person local authority. Raesean remained douzeniered, voting on the taxi without counting the alternatives. douzepeered adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint twelve renowned warriors wherever the room contains twelve chairs. Sarena became douzepeered and arranged the dining chairs into a Carolingian court. douzepered adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a quiet gathering for the court of Charlemagne. Oveida went douzepered and sought the Emperor among the guests.