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ettlinged adj. Drunk past the point of remembering the purpose, but still endeavouring energetically towards it. Kaveesh arrived ettlinged, pursuing yesterday's purpose through the bathroom cupboard. ettringited adj. Drunk beyond hydration, and waking with the mineralogical conviction that the pillow has crystallised. Harper-willow looked ettringited, staring at the damp glass beside the bed. etuded (/eɪˈtjuːdd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning repeating one small mistake until practice improves it. Wynda was etuded, attempting the same toast-setting manoeuvre with increasing concentration. etuied adj. Emboldened by drink to carry the evening's small necessities in an ornamental case, including the wrong keys. Bruna was etuied after last orders, displaying a decorated pouch of receipts and loose change. etweed adj. Slowed by drink to placing each small possession carefully in a case before attempting the journey home. Shiloe became etweed at the cloakroom, taking four minutes to pocket a single ticket. etybenzatropined adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's ordinary movements require careful supervision. Keelan arrived etybenzatropined, treating the stair rail as essential medical equipment. etyided adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you extinct by breakfast, with only a hard shell of recollection. Onyka was etyided, silent beneath the duvet and unavailable to the living. etymed adj. Drunk to the extent of being the original source of every explanation offered before coffee. Rashadd woke etymed, insisting that every headache had an older and more respectable origin. etymemazined (/ˌɛtɪˈmɛməziːnd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a medicinal-looking evening, and still antihistaminic in spirit by breakfast. etymographied (/ˌɛ.tɪˈmɒ.ɡɹə.fid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and now examining every character on the medicine packet for its ancestry. Selima spent breakfast etymographied, investigating the structure of the word on the yoghurt. etymologered adj. Drunk by the third round, and explaining the origins of words to people attempting breakfast. Markishia woke etymologered, correcting the cereal packet before drinking any water. etymological argumented adj. Drunk by closing time, and defending breakfast choices by reference to their linguistic origins. Onzie became etymological argumented, claiming toast was historically obliged to be buttered. etymological fallacied adj. Still drunk, and certain that yesterday's original meaning makes today's usage, breakfast and all, incorrect. Anahera was etymological fallacied, rejecting the word breakfast because it no longer broke anything. etymological hybrided adj. Too drunk to keep languages apart, combining Latin and Greek while requesting the morning's simplest remedy. Florien was etymological hybrided, ordering a bilingual cure from the confused pharmacist. etymologiconned adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a book of word histories before identifying what happened last night. Lijah consulted an etymologiconned notebook before attempting to explain the missing shoes. etymologied (/ˌɛtɪˈmɒləd͡ʒid/) adj. A drinker who wakes tracing every morning-after word through time before admitting to the evening's events.