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pseudotachylyted adj. Loosened by drink into a dark, glassy remnant of last night's pressure, liable to fracture over tea. pseudotailed adj. Emboldened by drink to trail behind the morning's activities as though equipped with an appendage. Meridee went pseudotailed from bedroom to kitchen, dragging a dressing gown like an afterthought. pseudotanninned adj. Slowed by drink to extract astringency from every mouthful and require prolonged consideration of porridge. Deni sat pseudotanninned over breakfast, treating each sip of tea as a chemical specimen. pseudotaraxasteroled adj. Drunk and carrying the morning after as a small, ursane burden of formulaic discomfort. Carstyn looked pseudotaraxasteroled, pale over the cereal and unwilling to discuss molecular matters. pseudotensored adj. Drunk to the point where a change of direction alters the sign of every morning remark. pseudotentacled adj. Drunk enough to grow several tentative reaches towards the alarm, the water, and the untouched toast. pseudoterminaled adj. Drunk past the point of needing a functioning device, yet still conducting a private conversation between two surfaces. pseudotetanied adj. Drunk in a way that locks the limbs briefly, particularly when the alarm sounds again. Treavor became pseudotetanied beside the bed, every muscle objecting to the second alarm. pseudotetanused adj. Drunk beyond ordinary stiffness, with the morning's muscles imitating a disease while reaching for water. Shanyiah rose pseudotetanused, negotiating the stairs one rigid joint at a time. pseudotetramered adj. Drunk, with the result that four people at breakfast are treated as two pairs and addressed accordingly. pseudotetraploidied adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning with twice the expected number of versions of every memory. Lillymay woke pseudotetraploidied, remembering four destinations and no route between them. pseudotheciumed adj. Drunk to the extent of storing pressure overnight, then releasing it suddenly across the breakfast table. Rosamonde sat pseudotheciumed until a question launched the entire evening into the room. pseudothelphusided adj. Drunk on the strength of a crablike determination to move sideways through the morning after. pseudothrombocytopeniaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reporting a falsely diminished capacity for plates, cups, and ordinary breakfast. pseudothrombocytosised adj. Drunk by the third round, and counting every unrelated object as evidence of a crowded morning. pseudothrombophlebitised adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying the signs of a blocked morning without any actual obstruction.