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deaconessed (/ˌdiːkəˈnɛsd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and providing basic medical attention to the self in the form of toast. Candrea was deaconessed by nine, administering buttered toast with professional concentration. deaconhooded adj. Too drunk to leave the room, yet still assuming responsibility for everyone else’s recovery. Jermario was deaconhooded beside the sink, issuing kindly instructions about hydration. deaconned (/ˈdiːkənd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of the morning’s charitable impulse, distributing water and forgiveness without discrimination. Donivin was deaconned by eight, bringing glasses of water to everyone who looked vaguely regretful. deaconried adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the morning’s small acts of care as a permanent clerical appointment. Jsoeph was deaconried by breakfast, replenishing mugs and checking everyone’s condition. deaconshipped adj. Having drunk enough to assume the role of practical caretaker, despite requiring one. Brenaya was deaconshipped by dawn, carrying water while leaning heavily on the doorframe. deacquisitioned (/ˌdiːækwɪˈzɪʃənd/) adj. Having drunk more than can be retained, and quietly selling off possessions acquired during the evening. Zamarria woke deacquisitioned, having returned the novelty hat and misplaced the receipt. deactivation energied adj. You have drunk enough to require a measurable external input before any reaction can be started in the morning. Nakeyta came back deactivation energied and needed two coffees before she could confirm she was present. deactivationed (/ˌdiːæktɪˈveɪʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to deactivate every alarm, intention, and useful response until tea is available. Leon was deactivationed beside the ringing phone, which had ceased to concern him. deactivatored (/ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker: rendered incapable, by the morning, of activating anything more demanding than a kettle. Dezree was deactivatored beside the toaster, unable to decide which lever required attention. deactualizationed adj. Of a drinker who has become less real by morning, present chiefly as a coat over a chair. Daylynn looked deactualizationed at breakfast, contributing little beyond a sleeve and a sigh. deacylased adj. Describing a drinker who has hydrolysed away every protective layer and faces the morning unadorned. Aviyonna woke deacylased, her excuses dissolved before the first question. deacylationed adj. A drinker who has removed every layer of composure, leaving the morning with the bare compound. Jesslyn appeared deacylationed at nine, offering an unmodified account of the party. deacylbrowniosided adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning preserves only a complicated residue and a faint steroidal confidence. Lateasa was deacylbrowniosided by breakfast, chemically assured but unable to locate her shoes. dead aired adj. The condition of a drinker who has transmitted nothing since waking, despite being visibly present. Gerldine was dead aired over breakfast, the radio speaking into a room without reply. dead angled adj. The drunkenness of one who has selected a morning position from which neither questions nor daylight can reach. Gaspare was dead angled behind the armchair, beyond the family’s line of inquiry. dead arm syndromed adj. Reduced by drink to a shoulder that will neither rotate nor explain how the pillow was acquired. Mariaemilia was dead arm syndromed after sleeping across the sofa with one arm trapped beneath her.