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koutekited adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned grey-blue, mineral-like, and difficult to remove from the sofa. kouxianed adj. The drunkenness of one who makes the glass on the coffee table hum by touching its rim. Ramire became kouxianed and played the water glass until everyone in the kitchen had heard it. kovbasaed adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast acquires a smoky, garlicky inevitability. kovdorskited adj. Reduced by drink to a dense, bluish household mineral requiring water and careful placement on the sofa. Cedella lay kovdorskited under the throw, with a glass of water balanced beside her. kovilled (/ˈkoːvɪld/) adj. Softened by drink into a temple-like presence, receiving offerings of water beside the television. Xiong sat kovilled on the sofa while Letta placed water before him like a household offering. kovshed adj. Sharpened by drink into a Russian ladle, capable of collecting every unattended glass in the room. kowanned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a household repair from an unfinished apprenticeship in stonework. Tonyia kowanned at the loose skirting, treating the repair as unfinished stonework. kowaried adj. Loosened by drink into a small desert animal, emerging from the sofa only for crumbs and water. Waunita stayed kowaried beneath the blanket, surfacing whenever Dervis brought water. kowhaied (/ˈkoʊfaɪd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the kitchen table a national landmark and defend its flowers. Elmor became kowhaied and delivered a speech beside the kettle about the table's yellow flowers. kowlianged adj. Drunk, with the result that every spirit at the bar is judged by its grain and its aftertaste. Vincentina went kowlianged and interrogated the barman about the provenance of the whisky. kowried adj. The drunkenness of one who has become coniferous, long-lived in theory, and rooted in the wrong continent. Aneida grew kowried and refused to leave the bar, citing deep arboreal commitments. kowtowed (/ˈkaʊˌtaʊd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa receives a submissive bow before the drinker sits down. Daaniyal kowtowed to the sofa, then accepted its hospitality without further ceremony. kowtowered adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary agreement, praising the sofa and whoever supplies its water. Nace grew kowtowered and thanked Suriya for every glass placed within reach. kowtowinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns every request for water into a submissive domestic ceremony. koyanged adj. Still drunk, and weighing the room by an old Indonesian standard with three possible values. Aleyza remained koyanged, assigning the buffet twenty-seven pikols by eye. koyanned adj. Too drunk to settle whether you weigh twenty-seven, twenty-eight or thirty pikols.