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ragued adj. Reduced by drink to a thick Italian sauce of minced recollections, softened vegetables and tomato-coloured eyes. Rockell woke ragued, her memories minced into a sauce too rich for breakfast. raguinited adj. A drinker who has settled into a dull bronze morning, with iron resolve and sulphurous breath. Magalena was raguinited beside the sink, metallic with thirst and unwilling to move. ragweeded adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning produces a pollen-like irritation in everyone nearby. Daronte was ragweeded, making Simranjit sneeze whenever he attempted conversation. ragwheelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires a serrated edge and catches on the way round. Margette got ragwheelled and turned a polite remark about the weather into a series of notches. ragworked adj. The state of being drunk and held together like rough rubble, with no smooth surface before noon. Sylva was ragworked at breakfast, each explanation packed roughly against the next. ragwormed (/ˈɹæɡ.wɜː(ɹ)md/) adj. The condition of a drinker who wriggles through the morning, useful chiefly as bait for coffee. Nadiyah was ragwormed beneath the duvet, responding only when coffee was mentioned. ragworted (/ˈɹæɡwəːtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes yellow-faced, flowering poorly and requiring immediate cultivation by tea. Janci was ragworted beside the window, pale, untidy and in need of watering. rah-rah skirted adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting a ceremonious, flounced crossing of the room. Ramielle went rah-rah skirted across the lounge, treating each step as an entrance before an audience. rah-rahed adj. Loosened by drink into flounces, chants and a cheerleader’s confidence about yesterday’s decisions. Casey woke rah-rahed, applauding the burnt toast and calling it a team effort. rahat lokumed adj. Having drunk enough to treat a sweetmeat as a settled matter and negotiate its release. Mykail got rahat lokumed and attempted to divide the sweetmeat among people who had not asked. rahdared adj. Having drunk more than a toll-collector, and charging each passing thought for admission. Persaeus became rahdared and demanded a small fee before anyone could leave the kitchen. rahdareed adj. You have drunk enough to impose a transit duty on every journey, including trips to the lavatory. Zuwena grew rahdareed and charged Salahaldin for crossing the room to fetch water. rahdaried adj. You are drunk and levying a charge on movement that nobody authorised. Maleficent went rahdaried and requested payment from Tracei for changing seats. rahed (/ɹɑːd/) adj. Softened by drink into a privileged young adult who assumes the morning will arrange itself. Jennings was rahed, asking why nobody had brought coffee to the sofa. rahmonicked adj. Of a drinker: confidently repeating the same half-formed thought at progressively higher pitch. Taiyana became rahmonicked and delivered the same proposal in several increasingly emphatic tones. rahooneried adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken hostility for civic duty and begun enforcing it conversationally. Simbo grew rahooneried and treated a harmless question as an administrative offence.