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heathcocked adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying a male bird's confidence without its coordination. Barri was heathcocked and paced beside the empty fireplace. heathcroppered adj. You are drunk and grazing wherever the evening has left something edible. Yanett was heathcroppered, working steadily through the unattended bowls. heathed (/hiːθd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming level, scrubby, and difficult to improve. heathendomed (/ˈhiː.ðn̩.dəmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has established a private realm beyond ordinary observance. Kyren was heathendomed, ruling quietly from the corner seat. heathened (/ˈhiːðənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned formal observance in favour of another round. heathenered adj. A drinker who has settled into heathenry, or simply into the nearest chair. Dreama was heathenered by ten, with no further errands in mind. heathenessed (/ˈhiːðənəsd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with the uncertain dignity of someone whose limbs have withdrawn. Nedda was heathenessed, pausing on every stair to renegotiate possession of her knees. heathenhooded adj. Drunk, with the result that balance has become a matter of faith rather than mechanics. Abigeal crossed the landing heathenhooded, trusting the banister more than either foot. heathenishnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary coordination has acquired an uncertain metaphysical status. Saiah became heathenishnessed and negotiated the doorway as though it were a philosophical question. heathenismed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the staircase as a realm governed by different laws. Jailenne, heathenismed, required the banister to establish which way was down. heathenizationed adj. Drunk on the strength of which the body has been converted from upright to merely vertical. heathennessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and no longer certain that balance is a permanent arrangement. heathenried adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a slow pilgrimage between chair, wall and exit. heathenshipped adj. Still drunk, and governing the body as though it were a distant and unreliable territory. Anmarie remained heathenshipped, issuing firm instructions to feet that had stopped listening. heather aled adj. Having drunk enough to climb stairs as though walking through a patch of spiky bells. heather cocked adj. Having drunk more than coordination can accommodate, and now strutting sideways towards the furniture.