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hitchrailed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you fixed beside the path, as if waiting for transport with four legs. Lebrea woke hitchrailed beside the garden rail, holding a mug and refusing the indoors. hitdomed adj. Drunk, with the result that every account of the evening has become a collection of celebrated moments. hithed (/hʌɪðd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen seem a small harbour and the sink a safe landing-place. Keenya woke hithed beside the sink, having apparently berthed there after midnight. hitjobed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an innocent household task as a carefully planned operation. Ariyunna got hitjobed and spent twenty minutes arranging the toast with suspicious precision. hitlessnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of an evening in which nothing became a success, including the attempt to get home. hitlisted adj. Drunk beyond recognising the difference between arranging a departure and compiling names for later. Nickolai became hitlisted and wrote the taxi passengers down in order of apparent importance. hitmakered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still producing fresh explanations for the evening's repeated successes. Diandra woke hitmakered and claimed the overturned plant had been an inspired arrangement. hitmanned (/ˈhɪtmæːnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and privately assigning blame for the morning's arrangements. Ceion woke hitmanned, studying the scattered shoes as though somebody had commissioned the disorder. hitmarkered adj. Still drunk, and treating every minor contact with the furniture as an audiovisual confirmation. Lachristy was hitmarkered by dawn, nodding each time the cupboard door answered back. hitouted adj. Drunk enough to regard the evening as a training session for an event no organiser has announced. hitpersonned adj. Too drunk to distinguish an accidental arrival from a commissioned appointment, particularly in the hallway. Ismaael was hitpersonned by breakfast, waiting beside the door for instructions nobody had issued. hitpointed adj. Drunk on the strength of surviving several minor impacts and still possessing one usable direction home. hitscanned adj. Having drunk enough to determine instantly where every cupboard, wall and obstacle will be encountered. hitted (/hɪtd/) adj. Softened by drink into accepting every collision on the route home as a passing acquaintance. Hrian got hitted and apologised to three bollards before reaching the taxi rank. hitteed adj. Having drunk more than the person responsible for the damage, and now presenting the evidence to the morning. hitter's counted adj. You are drunk and enjoying a favourable account of the evening, despite the missing trousers. Wylee woke hitter's counted, regarding the empty bottle as evidence that the night had gone well.