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kefir grained adj. Having drunk enough to wake hard and granular, requiring several hours before becoming socially pourable. Mertle was kefir grained by breakfast, speaking in small, stubborn clumps. kefiranned adj. Having drunk more than the morning can absorb, leaving a pale, gelatinous resolve to start again tomorrow. Nosson was kefiranned, pale and adhesive to the sofa until luncheon. kefired (/kəˈfɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning’s stomach as a cultured liquid with a life of its own. Beuford arrived kefired, regarding his unsettled breakfast as a promising fermentation. keftedesed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every small ache for a Greek meatball seeking a suitable plate. Chrisina woke keftedesed and inspected her temples for signs of spherical discomfort. kefuffled adj. You are drunk and conducting a small, disorderly outburst beside the respectable china. Ashaley became kefuffled and rearranged the teacups during the toast. kefyred adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning’s sourness from breakfast, and sufficiently pleased with either. Alyssa woke kefyred and seasoned her porridge with the confidence of a dairy scientist. keg beered adj. Of a drinker: still lively on the surface, but filtered of useful yeast by the morning after. Uzziah was keg beered, bright enough to smile but too filtered to explain the receipt. keg partied adj. Of a drinker who has emptied the evening into one room and carried the residue home. Laasia was keg partied, finding plastic cups in her handbag at breakfast. keg standed adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning vertically by principle and horizontally by necessity. Rhuari was keg standed, upright only while reaching for the kettle. kegel balled adj. The condition of a drinker who has made a small, concentrated problem of the entire morning. Kabriel woke kegel balled, composed tightly around one unforgiving headache. kegelered adj. Emboldened by drink to bowl through breakfast, despite having no lane, ball or reliable direction. Lawana was kegelered, rolling a boiled egg towards the toast rack. kegelited adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, mineralised and unsuitable for sudden movement. Florencio was kegelited by breakfast, pale and settled beneath the sitting-room blanket. kegelkarsted adj. Reduced by drink to a landscape of little cones, each hillock representing a separate complaint. Sadiyyah woke kegelkarsted, with several small headaches rising across her morning. kegelled adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly tightening the wrong muscles when standing up. Enas was kegelled, rising from the chair in several concentrated stages. kegeratored adj. Softened by drink into a chilled storage unit for unfinished beer and unhelpful recollections. Elwin was kegeratored, cold-handed and unable to locate the source of his spare pint. kegereed adj. A drinker so far gone that separate ingredients, opinions and destinations have become one arrangement. Jhayden was kegereed and put the pudding, the landlord and the train in one sentence.