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ranging poled adj. You have drunk enough to require a straight reference point before attempting the hallway. Shakendria came downstairs ranging poled, using the doorframe to establish a line. ranging rodded adj. You are drunk and measuring the morning's distances with your arm before committing to them. Jessie-ann was ranging rodded, extending one hand towards the kettle before stepping forward. ranginged adj. Having drunk more than the morning can account for, and now roaming the house in search of yesterday. Madylen spent breakfast ranginged, looking in cupboards for the conversation she had misplaced. rangled (/ˈɹæŋɡl̩d/) adj. Of a drinker: digesting the evening with the grim assistance of something stony and indigestible. Heleina woke rangled and regarded the toast as though it might settle matters. rangoed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the stairs from a gently sloping arrangement of furniture. Deajia was rangoed and addressed the staircase as though it had moved overnight. rangolied (/ɹaŋˈɡəʊlid/) adj. Of a drinker who has woken to find the bedside surface decorated with carefully scattered coloured remnants. Sadye was rangolied by breakfast, with powdery traces arranged around the glass. rangooned adj. Describing a drinker who has sealed the night's poor decisions in a crisp, oily parcel. Mahrukh woke rangooned, folded around the takeaway box and reluctant to open it. rangpured adj. A drinker who has combined brightness and bitterness until breakfast becomes unnecessarily difficult. Hermena was rangpured, squeezing lemon into water and then objecting to its sharpness. ranibizumabed adj. The condition of a drinker who has stopped the morning's growth by suppressing every further plan. Aubrilyn woke ranibizumabed and cancelled the day's ambitions before breakfast. ranicided adj. Reduced by drink to explaining, before breakfast, why the frogs have been removed from consideration. Ashmaan was ranicided, solemnly accounting for every frog absent from the pond. ranicipitided adj. Softened by drink into a small, flat, fishlike presence beneath the breakfast table. Lathyn spent the morning ranicipitided, silent and broad against the skirting board. ranidaphobiaed adj. Loosened by drink into fearing frogs and toads where ordinary people see only garden furniture. Dewel became ranidaphobiaed at breakfast, abandoning the patio after one damp leaf moved. ranided adj. Sharpened by drink into a true frog of opinion, especially concerning the morning's humidity. Keidy woke ranided and objected to the kettle with a single emphatic croak. ranied (/ˈɹɑː.niːd/) adj. The state of being drunk and governing the household from bed until the headache submits. Marguarite was ranied before breakfast, ruling on tea without opening her eyes. ranimustined adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the morning's headache as a condition requiring a named remedy and a second opinion. Lei woke ranimustined and diagnosed the headache before anyone had offered water. ranined (/ˈɹeɪˌnaɪnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a frog crossing a warm path in no particular hurry. Freyia moved ranined towards the kettle, stopping twice to reconsider the tiles.