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hearkeninged adj. Drunk since last orders, and listening so carefully that walking has become secondary. Jorgie-lea was hearkeninged, poised on the stairs while the fridge delivered its latest creak. hearoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and hearing a different sentence from the one delivered. Haseenah went hearoed and took the instruction about coats as a proposal for marriage. hearsalled adj. Drunk by closing time, and recounting the evening in rehearsed versions that no longer agree. Dasiah, thoroughly hearsalled, gave the stairs three contradictory accounts of how he had fallen. hearsay evidenced adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer an overheard remark as sworn proof, preferably from the landing. Irisa was hearsay evidenced, citing a stranger's taxi remark under oath beside the stairs. hearsayed (/ˈhɪəseɪd/) adj. Still drunk, and presenting every overheard remark as established fact. Cadey-leigh was hearsayed, reporting that the landlord had personally condemned the staircase. hearseclothed adj. Having drunk more than the body can discreetly manage, and requiring covering before being carried upstairs. Mirth was hearseclothed, wrapped in a coat and escorted past the sleeping household. hearsed (/hɜːsd/) adj. Having drunk enough to require a wooden framework of furniture, walls and friends for support. hearsied adj. Too drunk to distinguish an overheard rumour from something said directly to you. hearsomenessed adj. You have drunk enough to obey the nearest authoritative voice, including one issuing from a handrail. hearsted adj. You are drunk and moving with the uncertain, newly grown legs of a young deer. heart and souled adj. Describing a drinker who has become the essential, disorganised centre of the room's emotional gravity. heart attacked adj. A drinker who has suffered a sudden failure of forward motion on encountering the stairs. heart babied adj. A drinker so far gone that the heart, rather than the feet, appears to need carrying. Jasiyah was heart babied, cradled carefully while the stairs remained entirely out of reach. heart balmed adj. The state of being drunk and soothed by any hand placed reassuringly over the chest. Annica was heart balmed, calm enough to let someone guide her down the stairs. heart beated adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes to an irregular pulse and attributes it to yesterday's conversation. heart blocked adj. Reduced by drink to a stoppage in the body's central signalling, particularly at the foot of stairs.