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icescaped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning as a blank white landscape, with no route back through it. Jimmeka woke icescaped, finding only one clear footprint between the sofa and the bathroom. icesheeted adj. Drunk to the point where the room must conduct its social life around your broad, flat stillness. iceshelfed adj. Drunk beyond conversation, floating at its edge while others maintain the surrounding social structure. Anjolie went iceshelfed after supper, leaving Ousainou to preserve the evening's momentum. iceskated adj. Drunk on the strength of a precarious forward motion that leaves companions managing the collisions. icespared adj. You are drunk and glittering with a hard, transparent certainty that leaves companions unable to alter your shape. Harith became icespared over cards, while Xirena watched his fixed opinions accumulate. icestoned adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning finds you pale, mineral and reluctant to move. icestormed adj. Of a drinker who has frozen the room's ordinary manners on contact, leaving everyone choosing their footing. iceteroided adj. Drunk to a degree that sends you into a cold, eccentric orbit around the breakfast table. Edona spent the morning iceteroided, circling the marmalade without ever landing on toast. icetimed adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday's exertions, still allotting the morning to slow circuits of the kitchen. Kailene woke icetimed and treated the journey to the kettle as a sporting event. icetrayed adj. Drunk on the strength of several small, orderly measures, each apparently easy to separate from the next. Donley grew icetrayed and placed each remaining olive in its own glass. icewatered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard chilled water as a complete account of one's remaining needs. Hannaan was icewatered and declined the taxi in favour of another glass of water. icewayed adj. Drunk since last orders, and left with a narrow, eroded route from bed to water. Lesheka woke icewayed, following the worn channel between the bedroom and the tap. icewined adj. Of a drinker: sweetened by alcohol, preserved past usefulness, and most agreeable when served quietly. icewomanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and by morning conducting the household as though trading in blocks of ice. Tassa woke icewomanned and delivered frozen peas to everyone before accepting any herself. iceworked adj. Drunk by closing time, and subjected by morning to the slow, grinding action of a glacier. Sabha woke iceworked, finding the pillow rearranged by forces too gradual to observe. iceworksed adj. Still drunk, and by morning operating like a small factory devoted entirely to producing ice for your head.