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rhypophagied adj. You are drunk and treating the morning’s filth as though it were a reasonable continuation of supper. rhypophobiaed adj. Of a drinker: unwilling to approach the lavatory, despite the morning making the matter increasingly urgent. rhysimetered adj. Of a drinker who has measured the breakfast queue by sway, drift, and the speed of the room passing by. rhysodided adj. Drunk enough to move like a wrinkled bark beetle, testing each surface before committing to it. rhysodined adj. A drinker who has burrowed into the sofa cushions and emerged only to inspect the cracks in the floor. rhythm and grimed adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the night in bass, then met the morning in an unwashed room. Allynn woke rhythm and grimed, the kitchen still pulsing faintly beneath yesterday’s glasses. rhythm gamed adj. Reduced by drink to pressing the kettle button repeatedly, awaiting a cue that never appears. rhythm guitared adj. Softened by drink into providing a steady background strum on the edge of the morning conversation. rhythm methoded adj. Sharpened by drink into counting calendar days before deciding whether the headache permits another cup of tea. Tauna woke rhythm methoded, consulting the calendar before committing to toast or further social contact. rhythm poled adj. Loosened by drink into ringing every small bell in the house while looking for yesterday’s shoes. rhythm royalled adj. Emboldened by drink to address the morning’s hangover in seven lines, with the final one rhyming reluctantly. Laralyn woke rhythm royalled and composed a verse about the kettle, the headache, and municipal regret. rhythm sectioned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of the backing band, leaving the kettle and the rest of life to carry the tune. rhythm sticked adj. Drunk and tapping two wooden spoons together, as though breakfast required lessons in percussion. rhythmed (/ˈɹɪθ.əmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the kettle, clock, and headache are keeping separate beats. rhythmered (/ˈɹɪðəmə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to the point where the shopping list has become measured verse and the missing milk scans beautifully. rhythmic contemporaried adj. Drunk enough to treat the washing machine, radio, and headache as a current musical programme. Allenna was rhythmic contemporaried by breakfast, dancing carefully between the laundry basket and the sink.