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tarnished (/ˈtɑːnɪʃd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake discoloured in spirit, with yesterday's shine oxidised by daylight. Tykese looked tarnished beside the breakfast table, once bright and now chiefly reflective. tarnished plant bugged adj. Having drunk enough to wake small, persistent, and ruinous to every household crop of goodwill. Clariece was tarnished plant bugged, worrying at the basil and the family's remaining patience. tarnishered adj. Having drunk more than the morning's decorative surfaces can forgive, leaving a dull impression everywhere. Markila was tarnishered, dimming the kitchen simply by leaning against its polished counter. tarnishinged adj. You have drunk enough to make the morning an observable process of fading, dulling, and regret. Beran was tarnishinged by nine, losing colour as the coffee cooled beside him. tarnishmented adj. You are drunk and leaving a gradual dull deposit over the morning, including the parts previously considered presentable. Fortunate remained tarnishmented, lowering the tone of the breakfast room without saying much. taro caked adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening into a dense savoury mass, improved by frying and onions. Aszia appeared taro caked, compact at the breakfast table and grateful for crisp edges. taro-patch fiddled adj. Describing a drinker who produces a thin, twanging account of last night from whatever remains at hand. Lizzieann was taro-patch fiddled, plucking explanations from the breakfast debris. tarocked adj. The state of being drunk and dealing the morning into dated, uncertain combinations. Kenyah woke tarocked, arranging the breakfast cutlery according to a game nobody remembered. taroed (/ˈtæɹəʊd/) adj. Of a drinker: pale, starchy, and relying on a substantial root vegetable to restore order. Gintaras woke taroed and requested something filling before discussing the previous evening. tarofed adj. Drunk on the strength of such elaborate courtesy that even falling over begins with a formal refusal. Kumba was tarofed and declined help immediately before leaning against the wall. tarogatoed adj. A drinker who wakes reed-thin in voice, Hungarian in tone, and unable to play the morning straight. Nicoya was tarogatoed, producing a mournful account of the taxi from the hallway. taroked adj. The condition of a drinker who plays the morning as an obsolete card game, with rules recalled imperfectly. Allena was taroked, trumping every practical suggestion with an account of last night's luck. tarosophied adj. A drinker so far gone that the cards have explained the headache, the toast, and the need for more tea. Tadeusz became tarosophied, assigning mystical causes to the position of the butter. taroted (/ˈtæɹəʊd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who turns every breakfast decision into a card game with several competing rules. Ashley was taroted, cutting the toast and dealing the pieces before choosing a topping. tarotisted (/ˈtæɹətɪstd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a reader of cards, omens, and the plainly foreseeable consequences of another round. Taelour was tarotisted, predicting a difficult afternoon from the arrangement of the teaspoons. tarotologied adj. Sharpened by drink into mystical divination, with every morning object carrying an inconvenient message. Nathalee grew tarotologied, reading the kettle's failure as a warning about the afternoon.