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dharmsalaed adj. A drinker who has converted the nearest room into a charitable resting house, principally for himself. Ostell became dharmsalaed and offered every traveller a chair, then occupied the best one. dharmshalaed adj. Drunk enough to turn the sofa into a charitable resthouse and admit every passing blanket. Azaria was dharmshalaed, receiving weary cushions as though they were travellers. dharnaed adj. Drunk past the point of standing, conducting the morning's protest from the kitchen floor. dhat syndromed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning's private bodily complaints seem medically conclusive. dhaued adj. Drunk on the strength of a lateen sail, leaning into the kitchen as though the floor were open water. Hulises was dhaued and steered round the breakfast bar without altering course. dhawaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning body has acquired the stillness and branching of a tree. dhawdaed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the drinker rooted, branching into several unfinished tasks. Silbestre was dhawdaed, rooted to the chair with three abandoned breakfasts nearby. dhawked adj. Drunk to the point where an archaic tree-name appears preferable to ordinary speech. Orven was dhawked and referred to himself as an obsolete botanical specimen. dhebraed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a warm, crumbly breakfast object before noon. Emmery was dhebraed, shedding crumbs while attempting to butter another piece. dhenklied adj. Drunk on the strength of a levered breakfast operation that raises nothing except the drinker's spirits. Froy was dhenklied, working the cupboard handle as though it could lift the morning. dhikred (/ðikɹd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and repeating one hopeful phrase until the headache answers. dhimayaed adj. Reduced by drink to beating both sides of every argument as though they were a double-headed drum. Casidhe, thoroughly dhimayaed, appointed himself percussionist and chairman before pudding. dhimayed adj. Softened by drink into treating every conversation as a two-sided performance, with yourself supplying both rhythms. dhimed adj. Sharpened by drink into a confident rhythm section for arguments nobody had arranged. Myrtus got dhimed and supplied emphatic beats beneath the host's explanation of parking. dhimmaed (/ˈdɪməd/) adj. Loosened by drink into granting everyone special status, provided they contribute to the evening's taxes. Berley became dhimmaed and negotiated protected status for the neighbour's bewildered cat. dhindoed adj. Drunk enough to regard a bowl of maize porridge as a load-bearing part of the evening's strategy. Yonael got dhindoed and based the household budget on a second helping.