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pagodaed (/pəˈɡoʊ.dəd/) adj. Still drunk, and maintaining an imposing vertical arrangement of opinions, each less accessible than the last. pagodahed adj. Too drunk to descend from one grand assertion to the next without architectural assistance. Mguadalupe grew pagodahed and built an elaborate theory around a missing teaspoon. pagodaned adj. Drunk to the point where the morning’s twenty separate explanations have somehow become one compound. Lavon woke pagodaned, combining the hangover, the apology, and the missing shoe into one account. pagoded adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranged in increasingly narrow tiers of certainty. Tanyha stood pagoded beside the exit, rising through several unstable levels of confidence. pagodited adj. Drunk enough to mistake the morning’s cold, pale face for a carved ornament. Jelecia sat pagodited beside the kettle, grey and decorative until someone asked for tea. pagophagiaed adj. Drunk past the point of eating ice for relief, and into regarding the freezer as breakfast. pagophiled adj. Drunk beyond preferring the cold side of the pillow; the tiled bathroom has become a habitat. pagophilied adj. Drunk in a way that makes frost seem more hospitable than the people offering breakfast. Goble came downstairs pagophilied and asked whether the freezer had a spare chair. pagri clothed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning wrapped in fabric, with no clear beginning or end. pagried adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning’s head bandage has acquired several metres of unnecessary ceremony. Arrianne appeared pagried, having wound a dressing gown belt round her head before breakfast. pagumaed adj. Drunk to the extent of creeping through the morning like a masked animal, avoiding direct acknowledgement. pagurided adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday’s provisions, retreating into borrowed belongings and protecting the right side. Innocence woke pagurided, wearing someone else’s coat and defending the right-hand pillow. paguroided adj. Drunk since last orders, and still withdrawing into whatever shell the morning has left available. Zahraa remained paguroided beneath a blanket, accepting toast through the narrowest possible opening. pagused adj. Drunk by the third round, and by morning dispersed into several small settlements around the house. Edom woke pagused, with a glass in the kitchen and shoes established in the hallway. pahaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and by breakfast settled into a long, low ridge beneath the duvet. pahanned adj. Still drunk, and conducting the morning’s first prayer beside the kettle with unexpected authority.