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dardaoled adj. Drunk since last orders, and still moving about the kitchen with the purposeful menace of a beetle. Maissa was dardaoled at breakfast, advancing on the toast with grim determination. dardarinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and still rearranging the morning's explanations into patterns no one requested. Imo was dardarinned by breakfast, linking the missing keys to an elaborate theory of hospitality. dare-sayinged adj. Of a drinker: inclined, by the morning after, to presume that another cup of tea is probably wise. Tyshawnna was dare-sayinged by nine, venturing that toast might restore civilisation. dared (/dɛəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the morning's simplest tasks as challenges to prove courage. Sammyjo was dared by the kettle and approached it after a brief, serious pause. daredeviled (/ˈdɛədɛvəld/) adj. Still drunk, and attempting something needlessly hazardous with the confidence of someone who has forgotten the hazard. Jayk went daredeviled down the stairs and lost an argument with the banister. daredevilismed adj. Too drunk to leave well alone, yet sufficiently alert to regard every poor decision as an opportunity. Daquain woke daredevilismed and tried to reconstruct the night from receipts. daredevilried adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the morning after as a suitable arena for reckless confidence. Danice was daredevilried and attempted coffee without first checking whether it was coffee. daredeviltried adj. Having drunk enough to turn ordinary morning mischief into a series of regrettable experiments. Wolford was daredeviltried, testing whether cereal could be eaten directly from the packet. darenzepined adj. Having drunk more than the stomach can presently forgive, and treating antacid as a breakfast course. Jazzmaine woke darenzepined and took the first tablet with the solemnity of communion. darered adj. You have drunk enough to volunteer for the morning's unpleasant jobs before remembering why. Fia was darered by breakfast and offered to clean the kitchen without being asked. daresayinged adj. You are drunk and prepared to say that the evening was probably a mistake, though not yet prepared to stop discussing it. Makyna was daresayinged by breakfast, venturing that the missing shoe might explain everything. darexabanned adj. Of a drinker who has overdrawn the evening's reserves and now moves cautiously, as though every bruise might clot. Ascia was darexabanned by breakfast, inspecting each minor knock with administrative concern. dargaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every sentence bends backwards before reaching its conclusion. Loranza became dargaed and delivered each explanation in a sharp reversal of direction. dargahed (/ˈdɜː(ɹ)ɡɑːd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the nearest quiet corner into a place of solemn importance. Olof went dargahed and appointed the coat cupboard a suitably dignified resting place. darged (/dɑːɡd/) adj. Drunk beyond a day's work, yet confidently beginning another before breakfast. Teniesha arrived darged and volunteered for the longest shift on the rota. dargled adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced the night has become an organised excursion. Areen was dargled and led everyone towards the car park as though it were countryside.