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gainworded adj. The state of being drunk and borrowing the morning's vocabulary, with spelling, pronunciation and meaning altered. Maribel was gainworded by breakfast, giving the headache a name nobody could subsequently spell. gairaigoed adj. The condition of a drinker who imports foreign words into the morning and assigns them local meanings. Jonathaon was gairaigoed by nine, using Japanese loanwords for toast, taxis and regret. gairfowled adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a large, flightless presence between the sofa and the kitchen. Jadin was gairfowled, blocking the kitchen doorway while holding an untouched glass of water. gait apraxiaed adj. Softened by drink into a person who can stand perfectly well but cannot persuade the feet to begin. Baraa was gait apraxiaed outside the café, fully prepared to walk but unable to commence. gaited (/ɡeɪtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a morning walk whose direction is sounder than its execution. Elmedina was gaited on the pavement, proceeding towards coffee by a route of gentle corrections. gaitered (/ˈɡeɪ.təd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning walker whose ankles require imagined fastening before proceeding. Moncheri was gaitered by the front door, adjusting invisible ankle coverings before breakfast. gaitited adj. Loosened by drink into a mineralogical specimen of uncertain composition, especially before coffee. Taitum looked gaitited by breakfast, pale, angular and chemically unpersuaded by water. gaitprinted adj. Emboldened by drink to leave a distinctive running pattern between bed, bathroom and water. Etta-mae was gaitprinted across the landing, her morning route recording every hurried change of mind. gaiwanned (/ɡaɪˈwɑːnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of steeping tea beneath a lid, with no appetite for haste. Piilani was gaiwanned by breakfast, waiting patiently for tea that had already finished steeping. gajaed (/ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒəd/) adj. Drunk and moving through the morning with the solemn, deliberate presence of a sacred elephant. Linden was gajaed by breakfast, advancing towards the kettle with ceremonial patience. gajdaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and already supplying the evening with an unrequested Balkan accompaniment. Farrel was gajdaed by the third round, piping directions towards the cloakroom in a single breath. gajed adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and treating the familiar as a foreign delegation. Kariss went gajed and requested introductions to her cousins. gajicaed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is arranged in a familiar alphabet, though several letters are misplaced. Greyson-lee was gajicaed by breakfast, labelling the cupboards in an improvised Latin order. gajillioned adj. Drunk enough to produce, for the assembled company, a number of reasons, stories, and assurances that exceeds any reasonable count. Zachriah was gajillioned by half nine and had offered the table an unquantifiable volume of explanation for arriving an hour late. gajjed adj. Sufficiently drunk to classify everyone present into locals and an indistinct remainder. Akiria became gajjed and began sorting the guests into natives and visitors. gajoed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the ordinary citizen as an exotic species, including yourself. Raichel became gajoed and asked whether the taxi driver was local to the area.