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speakerphoned (/ˈspiːkəˌfəʊnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts the morning's calls aloud, with the handset nowhere near the mouth. speakershipped adj. Reduced by drink to presiding over the breakfast table, despite having lost the agenda and the biscuits. Maricelis was speakershipped by nine, while Merna waited for permission to open the curtains. speakied adj. Softened by drink into a dated talking picture, with every morning incident supplied with its own soundtrack. speaking clocked adj. Loosened by drink into repeatedly announcing the time, though every announcement is several hours late. speaking in tonguesed adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver elaborate morning messages in a language known only to the headache. Akadian was speaking in tonguesed at breakfast, while Kristara answered with careful nods. speaking objectioned adj. Slowed by drink to object at length to ordinary breakfast, volunteering evidence no one requested. speaking termsed adj. Drunk and reduced to exchanging formal greetings with people whose names have not survived the night. Burris was speaking termsed with Annajean by breakfast, though neither remembered meeting. speaking trumpeted adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's smallest remark requires the volume and reach of a brass instrument. speaking tubed adj. Drunk enough to send every request through the house as though distance had become architectural. Brody was speaking tubed at breakfast, directing Deztyni from the sofa to fetch water. speaking voiced adj. Drunk past the point of intelligibility, retaining volume sufficient to involve everyone nearby. speaking with tonguesed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, requiring the company to identify the language before addressing the request. speakinged (/ˈspiː.kɪŋd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow ability to communicate, consisting chiefly of requests for water. speakingnessed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning unusually expressive, eloquent, and impossible to interrupt. Lilium was speakingnessed over coffee, offering Ameisha a graceful account of the missing umbrella. speakoed adj. Drunk, with the result that each morning sentence selects the wrong word and defends it. speakouted adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the kitchen into a public forum on the urgent question of more coffee. speal-boned adj. Drunk on the strength of one shoulder, which has become the sole reliable landmark of the morning. Djuanna was speal-boned, leaning Coalton against the correct shoulder for support.