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highwire walkered adj. Still drunk, and performing the elevated crossing between bed and breakfast with theatrical caution. highwired adj. Drunk by the third round, and balancing above ordinary judgement on a line visible only to the drinker. Loeva was highwired by breakfast, crossing the hallway with arms extended and one sock missing. higonokamied adj. Too drunk to fold anything neatly, yet still attempting to close the morning around a very small blade. higred adj. Having drunk enough to advance like a surge, with speech and footing arriving separately. Dima went higred and produced a speech at the foot of the stairs in several tides. higry-pigried adj. Too drunk to distinguish a medicinal purge from an excellent plan for breakfast. Ranjani became higry-pigried and arranged a cathartic breakfast with great conviction. higueroed adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a calabash tree: rooted in place, swollen with yesterday, and offering shade to nobody. Zamiya was higueroed by noon, rooted beside the sofa with a glass of water beneath her branches. higumened adj. Describing a drinker who has quietly assumed responsibility for the room's proceedings. Jarman turned higumened beside the fire and began deciding when each guest should leave. hihied adj. Having drunk enough to become a stitchbird, repeatedly sewing unrelated remarks into the morning conversation. Cloice was hihied, stitching together breakfast plans, bird calls, and an account of the taxi fare. hijaabed adj. Drunk to the point where every non-relative man appears to require immediate and elaborate covering arrangements. hijabed (/hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard concealment from unrelated men as the evening's most urgent practical decision. Donnae got hijabed and covered the neighbour's portrait before inviting the men inside. hijabered adj. Drunk past the point of deciding which men count as family, and covering them all accordingly. Naihla grew hijabered and wrapped a shawl round the barman before calling him a cousin. hijabied (/hɪˈd͡ʒɑːbid/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising modesty as a matter of context rather than universal emergency. Yashar became hijabied and attempted to cover the landlord before discussing the rent. hijabistaed adj. Drunk in a way that produces stylish modesty, coordinated accessories, and wholly misplaced certainty about both. Payden got hijabistaed and restyled the entire party according to a code nobody had agreed to. hijabizationed adj. Drunk, with the result that covered heads become increasingly visible wherever the evening looks. Mainhia became hijabizationed and treated every newly covered guest as evidence of personal influence. hijabophobiaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a headscarf seem an imminent threat requiring immediate retreat. Ahnylah got hijabophobiaed and fled the restaurant after mistaking a napkin for a headscarf. hijabstered adj. Drunk to the extent of confusing fashionable modesty with a personal mandate to redesign everyone.