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kishkehed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to a dry, fermented residue of last night's opinions. Inese woke kishkehed, scattering yesterday's arguments over the breakfast table. kishlaked adj. Softened by drink into a winter settlement, with everyone gathered indoors and no prospect of departure. Tamre became kishlaked and established a seasonal settlement beside the radiator. kishmished adj. Still drunk, and small, wrinkled, unexpectedly sweet, and discovered at the bottom of the bag. Kendallyn was kishmished by breakfast, sweetly apologetic and difficult to locate. kishonned adj. Too drunk to measure the morning sensibly, though confident that one more cup will settle matters. Joddie woke kishonned and estimated the coffee by a system known only to him. kishried adj. Having drunk enough to regard a muddle of intentions as evidence of unusually broad planning. Ramola got kishried and described the lost keys, late train and new business as linked developments. kisired adj. Sufficiently drunk to find the morning chopped, seasoned, and best served without further discussion. Josselin woke kisired, mixing toast, aspirin, and silence into one workable breakfast. kiskadeed adj. Having drunk enough to announce the sunrise repeatedly, in a bright voice from somewhere above the room. Artice got kiskadeed and called the first light from the landing. kismated adj. You have drunk enough to regard every consequence as prearranged, including the headache at nine. Kistin arrived kismated, accepting the cold tea as an unavoidable feature of the universe. kismesised adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and now conducting an intimate argument with yesterday's rival. kismeted (/ˈkɪz.mɛtd/) adj. You are drunk and convinced that the morning's arrangements were settled long before you arrived. kismutgared adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself the household's waiter, despite remaining horizontal. kispeted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the legs loose, the trousers questionable, and the morning difficult to negotiate. Elfago arrived kispeted, negotiating the stairs with the concentration of a competitor. kisraed adj. Of a drinker: thin, fermented, and spread across the morning with little structural resistance. Dorlene woke kisraed, flattened beneath the duvet and sourly receptive to coffee. kisrhombilled adj. Drunk beyond confidently assigning every triangular face its own place in the room. Eimear went kisrhombilled and rearranged the beer mats into a geometric pavement. kiss 'n' rided adj. Drunk on the strength of a brief stop that has somehow become a complete journey with passengers. Oriona went kiss 'n' rided and deposited three friends beside the wrong taxi rank. kiss and cried adj. Drunk to the extent of awaiting judgement on an ordinary conversation as though it were a scored performance. Hollymarie sat by the jukebox, kiss and cried, awaiting the room's verdict on her story.