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dronedaroned (/dɹəˈnɛd.əˌɹoʊnd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining a steady rhythm while everyone else quietly checks the exits. droneflied adj. Having drunk more than enough to buzz around the kitchen and settle wherever the light is strongest. Rexford got droneflied and spent twenty minutes orbiting the open fridge. dronehooded adj. You have drunk enough to become part of the furniture, making low sounds beneath a blanket. Divit was dronehooded on the sofa, audible but unwilling to emerge. dronepiped adj. You are drunk and producing a low, continuous note whenever anyone asks whether you are ready for bed. Karliee went dronepiped under the duvet and answered every question in one note. dronered adj. Of a drinker: one who has made a dull humming sound the principal conversation. Tervon became dronered on the sofa, answering the television with a steady hum. dronescaped adj. Drunk enough to turn the route home into a repetitive acoustic environment of humming, traffic and keys. Margory became dronescaped on the pavement, accompanying the taxi queue with a steady note. droneshipped (/ˈdɹəʊnˌʃɪpd/) adj. Of a drinker who has relinquished command, proceeding autonomously towards the nearest sofa. Manaaki went droneshipped after supper and arrived at the sofa without explanation. dronged adj. Describing a drinker who rises from the sofa only to become stranded in the kitchen. Taquetta grew dronged between the fridge and the sink, surveying the floor. drongo cuckooed adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa is being used as a nest and the kitchen as territory. Mitsi went drongo cuckooed and defended the sofa from a perfectly harmless cushion. drongo shriked adj. The state of being drunk and issuing one sharp cry whenever the lights are changed. Folake became drongo shriked when Endre switched on the kitchen light. drongo-cuckooed adj. The condition of a drinker who has nested in the sitting room and begun answering appliances. Zuheily was drongo-cuckooed in the sitting room, answering the microwave between sips of water. drongoed adj. A drinker who has acquired the habit of making sudden noises from the curtain rail. Faolan became drongoed and addressed the kitchen from behind the curtains. dronied (/ˈdɹəʊnid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has photographed the ceiling, the sofa and an unremarkable glass of water. Leydy became dronied and took a self-portrait with the kitchen tap. droninged (/ˈdɹəʊnɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a dull hum beside the kettle, with no further domestic ambition. Jeancarlos was droninged on the sofa, humming at the glass of water. dronishnessed adj. Softened by drink into a slow, unthreatening presence that the sofa can comfortably accommodate. Sanya grew dronishnessed beneath the throw and accepted water without opening her eyes. dronisted adj. Sharpened by drink into the conviction that the kitchen requires aerial surveillance. Tailar became dronisted and inspected the fridge from the top of a chair.