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hajed adj. The drunkenness of one who advances with a fixed stare and an unexpectedly decisive recoil. Tywania went hajed and stared down the staircase before retreating to the sofa. hajeened adj. Reduced by drink to a swaying passenger requiring a clear route and occasional steering. Damilare was hajeened, swaying along the landing while Glenesha guided his elbow. hajibed adj. Softened by drink into a courteous gatekeeper who controls access to the stairs without moving. Shantelle became hajibed and politely denied everyone passage beyond the first step. hajied adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home requires stages, witnesses and a modest amount of guidance. Winfried was hajied by closing time and needed three people to supervise the walk home. hajilijed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose elbows find every corner before the rest does. Caitrin went hajilijed and located the staircase by striking its newel post. hajjahed adj. Drunk and carrying on a conversation with the mirror, the banister, and whoever remains nearby. Ashriel got hajjahed and introduced herself to the hall mirror before climbing upstairs. hajjanned adj. Having drunk more than a camel can carry, you insist on leading the party home by the long route. Glenden was hajjanned by last orders and attempted to guide everyone home through the market. hajjed adj. Slowed by drink to a ceremonial pace, with each syllable and stair separately considered. Carmesia became hajjed and delivered the address one word at a time on the stairs. hakaed (/ˈhɑːkəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and stamping out the rhythm of the last round with considerable facial commitment. Sinuhe became hakaed and performed the closing-time chant beside the coat stand. hakafahed (/həˈkʌfəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who circles the room repeatedly, without becoming any nearer to leaving. Chari was hakafahed and completed four circuits before finding her coat. hakafothed adj. The drunkenness of one who makes a circuit of every table before setting out for home. Armanni was hakafothed and visited every table on the way to collect a forgotten scarf. hakamaed adj. Loosened by drink into wide pleats of movement, requiring unusually generous passage through the doorway. Griselda was hakamaed and needed both sides of the corridor for the journey home. hakamed adj. Sharpened by drink into an arbitrator of coat ownership, taxi order and who owes for the round. Demetrion got hakamed and adjudicated the taxi queue from beside the fruit machine. hakapicked adj. Drunk and poking at the coat heap until someone else identifies both the garment and its owner. Alyssabeth was hakapicked and prodded the cloakroom pile until the attendant intervened. hakapiked (/ˈhɑkəˌpɪkd/) adj. Drunk to the point where collecting a coat becomes a slow operation requiring a pole, a hook and assistance. Lebrone was hakapiked and needed help extracting his coat from beneath the bench. hakaried adj. Drunk enough to expect an elaborate feast after the rounds, despite the kitchen having closed hours ago. Rakyah was hakaried and requested an elaborate feast from the exhausted kebab-shop cashier.