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democreeped adj. Drunk enough to follow each acquaintance round the room with a fresh political theory. Delante became democreeped and cornered Zosia beside the coat stand for another platform. demodecided adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning after from a very small creature moving beneath the duvet. Hasanat was demodecided, brushing invisible mites from the pillow before breakfast. demodectic manged adj. Sufficiently drunk to scratch at the morning as though it had settled beneath the skin. Shawna arrived demodectic manged, worrying at an itch that breakfast could not explain. demoded adj. Softened by drink into receiving the morning's signals as a sequence of pleasant but unhelpful noises. Khamari woke demoded, smiling at the phone while every message remained incomprehensible. demodernizationed adj. Having drunk enough to revert from conveniences to a pre-modern morning of blankets, silence and guesswork. Destinei woke demodernizationed and rejected the kettle as an unnecessary modern amenity. demodicided adj. Having drunk more than your senses can tolerate, and behaving like something microscopic has taken residence. Lindsea woke demodicided and searched the duvet for the source of an entirely imaginary irritation. demodicidosised adj. You have drunk enough to imagine a population of mites organising itself across your face. Reza became demodicidosised before breakfast and blamed the pillow for every sensation. demodicosised adj. You are drunk and scratching at the morning after as though it were a canine skin complaint. Javian was demodicosised, examining his forearms while the toast went cold. demodificationed adj. Of a drinker: returned by the morning after to the unaltered version of yesterday's clothing, plans and dignity. Izara woke demodificationed, having somehow restored last night's carefully arranged outfit to its original state. demodularizationed adj. Of a drinker who has dismantled the morning's separate arrangements into one undifferentiated need for toast. Lubert woke demodularizationed, combining coffee, breakfast and an apology into one request. demodulationed (/dɪˌmɒdʃəˈleɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk beyond treating every conversation as a carrier signal and confidently supplying the missing message. Decklen got demodulationed and answered the pause between Tavario's words. demodulatored (/dɪˈmɒdʃəleɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk in a way that extracts definite instructions from noises never intended to contain any. Emelia-mae got demodulatored and took the boiler's rattle as Nazaya's approval. demoed (/ˈdɛm.əʊd/) adj. Of a drinker: providing a visual explanation of how to reach the sofa from the kitchen. Kyrek got demoed and demonstrated the route to the sofa without completing it. demofreaked adj. Drunk, with the result that every flickering light becomes a project and every bystander an audience. Winner got demofreaked and recruited Samandar to admire the changing pub sign. demogeneticsed adj. Drunk to a degree that assigns inherited tendencies to everyone met and alters the population accordingly. Edvinas got demogeneticsed and decided Shanin's fondness for crisps was hereditary. demogeronned adj. Drunk to the extent of appointing oneself the elder statesman of every table and issuing ancestral advice. Daden got demogeronned and advised Kentra on the proper conduct of minor celebrations.