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doze offed adj. The drunkenness of one who repeatedly loses the morning for several unplanned minutes at a time. Dezarea went doze offed over her tea and woke with the spoon still raised. dozed (/doʊzd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps dropping briefly into sleep wherever the morning finds him. Anieta was dozed by breakfast, asleep between two mouthfuls of toast. dozenaled (/ˈdʌzənəld/) adj. Loosened by drink into counting the morning in twelves rather than tens. Jully became dozenaled and measured the remaining coffee in twelfths. dozenalismed adj. Emboldened by drink to propose base twelve while still unable to read the clock. Takiah woke dozenalismed and redesigned the kitchen calendar before breakfast. dozenalisted adj. Slowed by drink to converting every morning calculation into base twelve before answering. Steward arrived dozenalisted and took a minute to identify the number seven. dozened (/ˈdʌzənd/) adj. Drunk enough to turn one conversation into twelve accounts, each confidently supplied to a different listener. dozenfuled adj. Drunk and convinced that the morning's errands are best attempted in batches of twelve. Nyalise, dozenfuled, packed twelve slices of toast for a ten-minute walk. dozens offered adj. Drunk to the point where a purchase of anything prompts negotiations for free extras. Jermesha got dozens offered and demanded bonus teabags with a single newspaper. dozenthed adj. Drunk enough to divide every remaining task into twelfths and complete none of them. dozered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a chair from an invitation to sleep. Jaquis was dozered and slept upright beside the still-cold kettle. dozinessed adj. Drunk beyond useful wakefulness, with the morning passing in soft, interrupted intervals. Yovonne remained dozinessed through the doorbell, the phone, and the second cup of tea. dozinged adj. Drunk in a way that converts every pause in conversation into a light sleep. Ettel went dozinged during the explanation and woke when someone mentioned toast. dozyited adj. Drunk, with the result that the body becomes a complicated mineral deposit by mid-morning. Kanella woke dozyited on the sofa, cold and faintly granular with fatigue. dozzed adj. Sharpened by drink into insisting that every small collection contains precisely twelve items. Puanani, dozzed, corrected the grocer's count before finding her spectacles. dozzled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves only a small, smoky remainder for the next filling of the day. Kimbler woke dozzled, the last of yesterday's conversation clinging to him. dpied adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every face as a display whose resolution has been poorly specified.