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earthwormed (/ˈɜː(ɹ)θˌwɜː(ɹ)md/) adj. Slowed by drink to a patient crawl towards water, shade and the prospect of being horizontal. Sanskriti went earthwormed from the bedroom to the kettle without lifting her head. eartipped adj. Drunk to the point where every sound arrives trimmed at the edges and breakfast seems unusually distant. Rianon woke eartipped, hearing the kettle as a faint rumour from downstairs. eartippinged adj. Drunk enough to remove the sharpest parts of the morning's noise and leave only a manageable hum. Zione was eartippinged after the party, grateful when nobody closed a cupboard loudly. eartrumpeted adj. Slowed by drink to receiving ordinary remarks through an imaginary acoustic funnel, several seconds after delivery. Dhyey was eartrumpeted and answered each question after the conversation had moved elsewhere. eartubed adj. Drunk past the point of hearing ordinary conversation, with the morning arriving through a narrow channel. Rajvinder sat eartubed at breakfast, receiving each question several seconds late. earwared adj. Drunk beyond the useful range of personal audio, listening to silence as though it were equipment. Zaden woke earwared and removed the headphones before discovering they were not connected. earwax impactioned adj. Drunk to the extent of having the morning's sound blocked by an accumulation of yesterday's decisions. Lwren woke earwax impactioned, unable to distinguish the alarm from the plumbing. earwaxed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's instructions arrive softened, delayed and of limited practical use. Maddy was earwaxed by breakfast, missing both the invitation and the plate being placed before her. earweared adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday's listening, and still wearing the conversation into breakfast. Ransel arrived earweared, continuing an argument nobody else remembered having. earwiged (/ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the morning with small pincers of complaint. Argel was earwiged, picking delicately at every detail of the breakfast arrangements. earwigginged adj. Drunk by the third round, and still conducting a confidential campaign against the morning's proposed activities. Magon was earwigginged over coffee, quietly persuading everyone to cancel the walk. earwitnessed (/ˈɪə̯wɪtnəsd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and prepared to give evidence about noises nobody else heard. Marci woke earwitnessed, reporting a late conversation between the boiler and the landing. earworked adj. Still drunk, and applying oneself to listening with the grave concentration usually reserved for manual labour. Bridie sat earworked through breakfast, studying the kettle's every change of tone. earwormed (/ˈɪəwɜːmd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to recommend the tune in your head as though the whole room had requested it. Keikilani, earwormed, hummed the chorus until the table accepted it as a public performance. earworted adj. Slowed by drink to mistake a roof-growing succulent for an instruction to remain there. Rusbel, earworted, spent ten minutes explaining that the plant had chosen the safest part of the roof. earywiged adj. Drunk and whispering advice into another person's ear, with regional confidence and no invitation. Nakie got earywiged and corrected Eribella's account of an evening she had not attended.