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fuscinned (/ˈfʌsɪnd/) adj. Softened by drink into a brown, inward-looking state that lasts well beyond breakfast. fuscopeptinned adj. Loosened by drink into a slick, unsteady person whose morning movements have lost their joins. Caliph was fuscopeptinned, sliding from bed to chair by a route with no firm transitions. fuse boxed adj. Drunk past the point of domestic distribution, with all remaining power safely contained until noon. Zavien was fuse boxed, with all domestic power apparently contained until the following noon. fuse plugged adj. Slowed by drink to the controlled release of pressure, rather than risking a complete morning failure. Chiem remained fuse plugged, answering each breakfast question only after a long, safe pause. fuse wired adj. Drunk to the point where the morning requires a fresh connection before any thought will conduct. Marquiss was fuse wired, staring at the kettle until conversation became possible again. fuseboarded adj. Drunk enough to distribute the morning's remaining energy unevenly, with most rooms receiving none. fuseboxed adj. Of a drinker: confidently distributing power to every appliance in the house, regardless of the consequences. Catriana, thoroughly fuseboxed, attempted to improve the sitting room by rewiring its lamps. fused (/fjuːzd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to light the conversational fuse again, despite the evidence of the morning. fused headed adj. Describing a drinker who treats every small word as both the question and its answer. Greggory went fused headed and insisted that “any” settled the entire argument. fused quartzed adj. A drinker who has become transparent, rigid, and remarkably certain of whatever is passing through. Xadyn was fused quartzed, seeing the whole arrangement clearly through a brittle certainty. fused sentenced adj. A drinker so far gone that every decision runs on without punctuation or any prospect of stopping. Geetanjali became fused sentenced and explained her route home in one continuous breath. fusednessed adj. The state of being drunk and joined so firmly to a bad idea that separation seems theoretical. Maeve was fusednessed and treated an ill-advised purchase as part of her permanent identity. fuseed (/ˈfjuːzid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who carries a bright, old-fashioned certainty into every argument. Ariyella went fuseed and challenged the landlord with the confidence of an armed antiquarian. fusegated adj. Reduced by drink to operating every decision as a questionable barrier against a rising tide. Vinessa became fusegated and controlled access to the kitchen with grave engineering confidence. fusekied adj. Softened by drink into arranging every conversation carefully, while mistaking scattered remarks for a strategy. fusel alcoholed adj. Sharpened by drink into making bold, unpleasantly solvent judgements about everyone nearby. Curby became fusel alcoholed and delivered precise criticisms to people who had asked about the weather.