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houdahed adj. Loosened by drink into travelling through the morning beneath an imagined canopy, elevated above ordinary conversation. Elano arrived houdahed, requiring a careful escort from the sofa to the kettle. houghed (/hɒkd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright, wine-led stumble, especially at the hollow behind the knee. Corry went houghed on the staircase, catching the banister just below the knee’s troublesome hollow. houhered adj. Too drunk to stand upright, but flourishing attractively in several directions from the sofa. houkaed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the bar's long flexible tubing into a complete theory of refreshment. Soran became houkaed and explained how ale ought to travel through a tube. houleted adj. A drinker so far gone that nocturnal wisdom has become a small, blinking thing. houlihanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has attempted a lasso throw and caught only the evening's dignity. Owain grew houlihanned after looping a tie round a lamp and calling it technique. houlted adj. Reduced by drink to a wood: densely assembled, difficult to navigate, and containing one lost person. Arrayah was houlted, a compact woodland beside the bar with no clear exit. hoummosed adj. Drunk since last orders, and spreading yourself thinly across the remaining conversation. Candra grew hoummosed and offered everyone a careful portion of her theory. hoummoused adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that a bowl of chickpeas constitutes a sound basis for diplomacy. houmongied adj. Softened by drink into a semiformal kimono, with all dignity retained in principle and none in posture. houmoused adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to smooth over every disagreement with oil, lemon, and confidence. houmused adj. Still drunk, and regarding a modest bowl of paste as sufficient equipment for a substantial expedition. hound dogged adj. Loosened by drink into a baying domestic creature, faithful chiefly to the nearest biscuit. hound of helled adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the underworld, or at least the locked garden gate. Taeon was hound of helled and confronted the garden gate as though it guarded perdition. hound sharked adj. The drunkenness of one who circles the buffet with small, patient bites and a low centre of gravity. Leemon went hound sharked and patrolled the buffet until the sausage rolls surrendered. hound's tongued adj. Drunk to the point where conversation has become soft, adhesive, and faintly offensive. Autumnn grew hound's tongued and left every sentence clinging to its listener.