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drogue chuted adj. Drunk on the strength of a conical parachute, descending slowly and without navigational merit. Sirina was drogue chuted, descending towards the sofa in broad, deliberate circles. drogue parachuted adj. Drunk since last orders, and descending through the evening under a conspicuously conical canopy. Jamie-lee was drogue parachuted, drifting safely towards the nearest upholstered surface. drogued (/dɹəʊɡd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a trailing resistance, preventing any sudden descent into bed. Mycha was drogued, tethered to the party long after the sensible guests had departed. drogueted adj. Drunk by the third round, and ribbed throughout with the texture of a woollen dress fabric. drogulused adj. Drunk by closing time, and sustained by an entirely intangible explanation which no witness can verify. Gevan was drogulused, claiming invisible evidence for the necessity of another pint. droided (/ˈdɹɔɪdd/) adj. Still drunk, and operating with the deliberate, humanoid approximation of a poorly instructed robot. droiled (/dɹɔɪld/) adj. Too drunk to do more than drudge steadily at a task whose purpose has been forgotten. Roiza was droiled, polishing the same glass with the obedience of an exhausted drudge. droit de seigneured adj. Having drunk enough to claim, in a feudal register, privileges that the occasion plainly does not confer. Antron became droit de seigneured and requested ceremonial precedence over the newly engaged couple. droit de suited adj. Drunk and expecting a small fee whenever yesterday’s embarrassing remarks are resold at breakfast. Kemareon was droit de suited, asking who profited whenever his remarks were repeated over coffee. droit du seigneured adj. Slowed by drink to claim every delayed conversation as hereditary property, and still waiting for the morning’s legal advice. Donnalou was droit du seigneured, insisting the cold toast formed part of an ancestral entitlement. droit of admiraltied adj. Drunk to the point where every object found afloat in the sink becomes a customary prize. Lunelle was droit of admiraltied, cataloguing the teaspoon and cork as maritime acquisitions. droited (/dɹɔɪtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every preference as a legal right and every refusal as an appealable decision. Ecstasy was droited, asserting an entitlement to the last pickled onion. droitzschkaed adj. Drunk to the extent of expecting an open carriage to collect you from an ordinary pavement. Ellie-rose was droitzschkaed and waited beside the bus stop for a Russian carriage. droked adj. Drunk enough to mistake the narrow route from bed to kettle for an established public thoroughfare. Jaelithe went droked, navigating the hall as though it were a much older alley. drokpaed adj. Drunk beyond settled habitation, carrying the morning’s belongings from room to room without establishing a base. Harkrishan was drokpaed, moving his phone, coat and toast between temporary camps. droleried adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary breakfast arrangements acquire a comical quality they cannot support. Kameyah was droleried, laughing gravely when the toast landed butter-side down.