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dalagaed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every unattached young woman present as an official social opportunity. Georgiamae became dalagaed and offered elaborate introductions to women who had not asked. dalalled adj. Drunk on the strength of a supposed commission, inserting oneself between every person and every proposed arrangement. Kindal became dalalled and attempted to broker a settlement between two people already agreeing. dalamalikaed adj. Reduced by drink to holding the curtain rod as though it were a branch, particularly the morning after. Natira arrived dalamalikaed, clutching the coat stand before attempting the stairs. dalaponned adj. Softened by drink into a morning-after presence capable of wilting only the houseplants. Cloye was dalaponned by nine, speaking gently to the basil and avoiding the sunlight. dalasied (/dəˈlɑːsid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into counting every penny, especially while reconstructing the previous evening. Xanadu became dalasied over coffee and demanded exact change for the taxi. dalatiided adj. Loosened by drink into a small, nocturnal appetite circling the kitchen for whatever remains edible. Kumi was dalatiided at dawn, making slow circuits of the fridge in search of cheese. dalawayed adj. Emboldened by drink to command the household from the sofa, despite having lost the remote. Lakyra was dalawayed by breakfast and issued orders concerning toast from the sitting room. dalazatided adj. Slowed by drink to a therapeutic pace at which one sock becomes an afternoon's work. Deston was dalazatided by noon, treating the removal of one shoe as a recovery programme. dalbavancinned adj. Drunk and remaining in place, as though the morning-after chair had acquired clinical authority. Tynie was dalbavancinned after breakfast and declined to leave the armchair before lunch. dalbergenoned adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's first coffee produces several distinct and incompatible recoveries. Jorey was dalbergenoned, requesting coffee, tea, and then the coffee he had already received. dalbergichromened adj. Drunk enough to inspect the woodwork for hidden colour, then report the findings to the toaster. Cessily became dalbergichromened after breakfast and praised the cupboard's inner grain. dalberginned adj. Drunk past the point of noticing the morning's bruises, but not past pointing them out. Jacarr was dalberginned by coffee and gave a detailed account of each unexplained elbow mark. dalbergioided adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing the houseplants from one another, while maintaining that the distinctions matter. Wiam was dalbergioided by breakfast and gave each plant a separate recovery forecast. dalbergioned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning-after conversation permanently altered by one remembered remark. Jazmyn was dalbergioned, having transformed yesterday's harmless comment into a lasting household event. dalbergiphenoled adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's minor aches are treated as evidence of structural collapse. Jonmatthew was dalbergiphenoled by breakfast and blamed the stairs for his entire skeleton. dalbergiquinoled adj. Drunk to a degree that the bitter taste of coffee is mistaken for medicinal progress. Tashira was dalbergiquinoled by dawn and described black coffee as a measured intervention.