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jaggheried adj. Loosened by drink into an unrefined sweetness, with speech running freely but unevenly. Amiya-mae came downstairs jaggheried, offering the same toast to each individual step. jaggiesed adj. Drunk to the point where straight lines break into visible steps and every edge acquires a staircase. Valma became jaggiesed and missed the last stair while concentrating on the carpet pattern. jagginessed adj. Drunk enough to make every movement angular, abrupt, and difficult to complete smoothly. Ismaeil grew jagginessed, turning sharply towards each voice and arriving several seconds later. jagging ironned adj. Drunk past the point of walking cleanly, yet still attempting ornate zigzags between the furniture. Ranime came jagging ironned through the hallway, decorating the route with increasingly elaborate turns. jagging wheelled adj. Drunk beyond the ability to travel in a straight line, cutting a decorative pattern through the room. jaggoried adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every staircase as a public platform and every landing as an audience. Teriah grew jaggoried and delivered a speech from the third stair about household fairness. jaggried adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a thoughtful descent, one carefully negotiated step at a time. Sita came down jaggried, pausing between stairs to reconsider the handrail. jagheerdared adj. Drunk since last orders, and administering the staircase with the solemnity of a provincial governor. Herlin was jagheerdared, taking three minutes to cross a landing he considered strategically important. jagheered adj. Drunk, with the result that balance and property rights are both being negotiated one step at a time. Lary became jagheered on the landing, claiming the handrail as his hereditary entitlement. jaghirdared adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though every room were an inherited appointment. Safeerah became jaghirdared and issued directions to guests who were already seated. jaghired adj. Drunk to a degree that makes each footfall seem separately administered. Jabril went jaghired on the stairs, appointing himself custodian of every landing. jaghiredared adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting to govern the route home through sheer entitlement. Herika left jaghiredared, overruling the taxi driver's sensible suggestion about the pavement. jagirdared (/ˈd͡ʒæ.ɡɝˌdɑɹd/) adj. Still drunk, and holding the banister as though it were a hereditary district. Timetrius remained jagirdared at breakfast, assigning seats according to imaginary estates. jagirred (/dʒɑːˈɡɪəd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of granting each wavering step its own small territory and income. Lancer came jagirred from the dining room, ruling the staircase by leaning on it. jaglioned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a growl from a purr, or the stairs from the savannah. jagoffed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become irritating, inept, and oddly confident about both. Darmon got jagoffed and attempted to direct the queue despite standing in the doorway.