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hantavirused adj. Drunk since last orders, and coughing as though the bar had become a hazardous laboratory. Mikele was hantavirused, coughing gently while insisting the stairs were perfectly level. hanted adj. Drunk enough to remain wherever you usually sit, while everyone else quietly moves around you. Laelyn was hanted in the corner, and Mariaalejandra arranged the evening around her. hantelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessed of a considerable quantity of confidence but little coordination. Jenyla was hantelled, carrying a great deal of confidence down very few stairs. hantkeninided adj. Drunk by the third round, and drifting in small planktonic circles beyond conversational control. Angelo became hantkeninided and floated between groups without completing a sentence. hantled adj. Softened by drink into treating a considerable quantity as a perfectly reasonable number of rounds. Loweta was hantled by last orders and insisted one final round constituted a modest quantity. hanukkiahed adj. Sharpened by drink into counting the coat hooks as nine branches and lighting each with care. Philander got hanukkiahed and arranged the coats in nine ceremonious divisions by the cloakroom. hanumanned adj. Loosened by drink into swinging from conversation to conversation with the composure of a long-tailed arboreal creature. Brylea went hanumanned and travelled through three conversations before reaching the coat stand. hanzaed adj. Slowed by drink to the patient pace of a woody perennial waiting out the season. Divan was hanzaed by last orders and took seven minutes to put on one coat. hanzied adj. Slowed by drink to read each sign on the journey home as though it were a separate character. Iyona was hanzied and spent ten minutes deciphering the bus stop beside the pub. haoed adj. Drunk and reduced to dividing the bill into historical fractions before attempting the walk home. Rikya became haoed and paid one tenth of the shared taxi fare with great solemnity. haomaed adj. Drunk enough to regard the last round as a sacred plant requiring quiet observance. Kresha got haomaed and carried the final drink home as though it required ritual protection. haored (/ˈhɑːɒɹd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns the pavement into a bowl of inland water and the taxi into a distant shore. Elbie became haored and waited for the kerb to drain before crossing towards the taxis. haoried adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat is worn as an additional short jacket for the journey home. Avalee got haoried and wore three jackets from the cloakroom before anyone found her own. hap'orthed (/ˈheɪpə(ɹ)θd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a tiny, exacting remnant of an opinion by morning. Yorvin was hap'orthed, objecting precisely to the angle of his toast. hap-harloted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a coarse coverlet as suitable attire for leaving the pub. Nahriah became hap-harloted and wrapped the bar blanket round herself for the taxi ride. hapaed (/ˈhɑpəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of belonging, by ancestry or accident, to two incompatible plans for getting home. Yonas was hapaed and joined both taxi queues, claiming each destination as partly his.