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impalaed (/ɪmˈpɑːləd/) adj. Of a drinker: still leaping at conclusions, though the morning has removed most of the spring. Leller came downstairs impalaed, bounding over yesterday's explanations with care. impalationed adj. A drinker who meets the morning upright, rigid and unwilling to move from the first position found. Denean stood impalationed by the fridge, waiting for the room to settle. impalefectioned adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast enters by force and is delivered directly to the nerves. Stanwood was impalefectioned, accepting coffee with the solemnity of a medical procedure. impalemented adj. The state of being drunk and fixed to the morning by one sharp, regrettable point. Nethania was impalemented beside the bed, unable to reconsider the night's final decision. impalered adj. Reduced by drink to a person who fixes the morning's attention on one object and will not release it. Kalypso sat impalered before the kettle, awaiting its promised transformation. impalinged (/ɪmˈpeɪlɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into something fixed in place, with breakfast occurring around it. Cherill lay impalinged beneath the blanket while the household cautiously made tea. impallaed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning making short, startled departures from the conversation. Ledon remained impallaed, springing up whenever anyone mentioned the previous evening. impalpabilitied (/ɪmpælpəˈbɪlɪtɪd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a presence too intangible to locate, but plainly occupying the room. Tziah was impalpabilitied by morning, represented chiefly by a voice from upstairs. impaludismed adj. Loosened by drink into the damp, uncertain condition of someone who has misplaced both time and dry land. Urijha woke impaludismed and regarded the condensation as a local weather system. impanationed adj. Emboldened by drink to locate yesterday's entire evening inside one piece of bread. Kaisa became impanationed over toast, declaring the missing bottle substantially present within it. impanatored adj. Slowed by drink to the doctrinal certainty that the sandwich contains more than lunch. Nishika was impanatored at noon, defending the sandwich's substantial presence to an empty room. impanelmented adj. Drunk to the point where every breakfast decision is referred to a full sitting of the household. Latoysha was impanelmented, requiring a vote before opening the curtains. imparisyllabicked (/ɪmˌpæɹɪsɪˈlæbɪkd/) adj. Drunk enough to pronounce the morning's longer words with an odd number of uncertain syllables. Roselin was imparisyllabicked by the radio, giving each announcement an extra syllable. imparitied adj. Drunk past the point of equality: one eye, one shoe and one account of the evening have prevailed. Mathu woke imparitied, with one sock missing and one version of events surviving. imparlanced adj. Drunk in a way that turns the morning into prolonged debate before the first necessary action. Zymari was imparlanced by the kettle, discussing its use without switching it on. imparsoneed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning resemble a formal induction into the parish of regret. Logan-jack arrived imparsoneed, blessing the coffee before taking any.