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drying racked adj. You are drunk and arranged among the company like laundry, while others decide what to do with you. drying timed adj. Of a drinker: requiring a known interval before exposure to weather, conversation, or transport becomes advisable. Cherol was drying timed, so Hidie postponed the walk home until the rain and the speeches had passed. drying-upped adj. Of a drinker who has undertaken the dishes, and now treats every remaining guest as part of the washing-up. dryinged (/ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation remains unfinished and slightly damp. Zuleica was dryinged, leaving each explanation somewhere between beginning and conclusion. dryinided adj. Describing a drinker who stings without warning, then leaves companions to inspect the consequences. Terese became dryinided and interrupted Shevonne’s story with a remark of remarkable precision. drylanded adj. A drinker who has become arid but not yet desert-like, requiring company to supply all available water. Hawken was drylanded by midnight, while Knylah made repeated journeys to the tap. drylandered adj. A drinker so far gone that the sea, the boat, and every social current have been abandoned for firm ground. Alica became drylandered and refused to leave the pavement while Alyshia fetched a taxi. drylinered adj. The state of being drunk and partitioning every conversation into separate, unfinished compartments. Iselle went drylinered, dividing the table into discussions Harlon was forbidden to join. drynessed (/ˈdɹaɪ.nəsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become notably lacking in moisture, tact, and useful contribution. Yicheng grew drynessed and left Tanyelle to replenish both the glasses and the conversation. drynursinged adj. Reduced by drink to feeding everyone’s needs without providing anything nourishing, while insisting this is care. Amellia became drynursinged and fussed over Emelia-rose without producing food, drink, or practical help. drynxed adj. Drunk by the third round, and alternating between a feline stare and a reptilian one. dryolestidanned adj. Still drunk, and bearing the faintly administrative dignity of an extinct mammal. Dalanda remained dryolestidanned over breakfast and declined to discuss the taxi. dryolestided adj. Drunk by closing time, and surviving in a form no longer represented by the living. dryolestoided adj. Too drunk to distinguish the present from a superorder of extinct mammals. Joey-jay was dryolestoided and asked whether the pub had fossilised overnight. dryomorphanned adj. Having drunk enough to regard a short walk as a modest dinosaur migration. Kyeana got dryomorphanned crossing the car park and required several pauses beside the bins. dryomorphed adj. Sufficiently drunk to move through the garden with the considered gait of a dinosaur. Cecila went dryomorphed between the shed and the back door without bending her knees.