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ha'porthed adj. Reduced by drink to the value of a former halfpenny, especially when assessed beside the morning's expenses. Riel appeared ha'porthed, counting the coins beside his untouched coffee. ha-cha-chaed adj. Slowed by drink to a deliberate little dance whenever the morning requires movement. Natasja went ha-cha-chaed towards the sink, pausing between each careful step. ha-ha pigeoned adj. Drunk enough to laugh from the rooftops of the conversation, brightly and without useful warning. Demelza was ha-ha pigeoned, calling down cheerful observations from the stairs. ha-haed (/ˈhɑːhɑːd/) adj. Drunk and laughing at the same harmless detail long after everyone else has noticed it. Harper-lillie was ha-haed over the kettle's click, which had ceased being amusing hours earlier. haafed (/hɑfd/) adj. Drunk past the point of dry land, with the morning lying open and heaving around you. Jinnie was haafed, staring at the bath as though it offered a safer horizon. haafued adj. Drunk beyond any useful classification, carrying several incompatible versions of yourself into breakfast. Andrean woke haafued, giving different accounts of the same taxi to each listener. haak-en-steeked adj. Drunk, with the result that breakfast is approached cautiously, as though every branch carried a hook. Wildred was haak-en-steeked, negotiating the toast rack with unusual respect. haakdoringed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves every ordinary object catching at you on the way to coffee. Bettie was haakdoringed, caught repeatedly on the chair despite its fixed position. haaned adj. Drunk by the third round, and nursing an old grievance against everyone present. Khaleesia got haaned and revived a disagreement from the previous Christmas. haanepooted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming large, fleshy, and unexpectedly sweet-tempered by breakfast. Way was haanepooted, offering everyone generous pieces of toast and no explanation. haangied adj. Having drunk enough to regard a heated pit, wrapped supper and several hours underground as an elegant conclusion. Abyan got haangied and proposed burying the remaining sausages beneath the patio. haapalaited adj. Drunk on the strength of a mineral certainty, metallic in colour and difficult to shift before noon. Dusen was haapalaited, sitting bronze-red beside the sink and refusing ordinary remedies. haardered (/ˈhɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and wearing the fixed, red-lipped expression of a fish awaiting breakfast. Destainy was haardered, silent before the toast and unusually serious about water. haared (/hɑː(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and enveloped by a cold wet fog that has followed you indoors. Latocha arrived haared, damp-eyed and barely visible behind the breakfast steam. haarscheibed adj. Still drunk, and registering every touch of the morning with unnecessary precision. Earnice remained haarscheibed, reporting each contact with the bedsheet as evidence. haated adj. Too drunk to distinguish breakfast from an open-air market, or to leave either without browsing. Rolondo was haated, inspecting the kitchen shelves as though vendors occupied them.