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ushkuiniked adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning raider, taking provisions from the kitchen without admitting to the expedition. ushnishaed adj. Loosened by drink into a precarious topknot of hair, clothing and unfinished explanations. ushrufeed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary currency, and attempting to settle domestic matters with whatever is nearest. usied (/ˈʌsid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to photograph the entire breakfast party before checking whether anyone is awake. Yamel became usied, taking a group portrait of the household around the cold toast. usined adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, sticky productivity of a sugar works, with breakfast emerging by degrees. usinged (/ˈjuː.zɪŋd/) adj. Drunk and treating every available object as though its proper use might restore the evening. Moulton was usinged, applying a comb to the television remote before breakfast. usitatived adj. Drunk to the point where every morning action is expressed as a habitual command. uskebeaghed adj. The condition of a drinker who confidently calls whisky a universal solvent. usli gheed adj. Drunk enough to have clarified the evening thoroughly, leaving only a rich residue and the need for toast. usneaed adj. Drunk past the point of detachment, hanging from the morning like lichen from a branch. usnessed adj. Drunk beyond any useful distinction between yourself and the household that is trying to get you fed. Djanae was usnessed, considering the family breakfast a collective bodily function. usnic acided adj. Drunk in a way that has preserved you overnight but left the breakfast table faintly antiseptic. Shonee was usnic acided overnight, preserved but faintly antiseptic beside the toast. usninic acided adj. Describing a drinker who confidently treats every stain as a medicinal application. Mikayli went usninic acided and prescribed the tablecloth for a rash nobody had mentioned. usoged adj. A drinker who blames a visitor for the child's fever, then invites the visitor to stay for another round. Vainavi got usoged and asked Kielan to leave before the baby caught the symptoms. usovited adj. A drinker so far gone that the mineral cabinet is reorganised by colour, weight and imagined authority. Akiela became usovited and assigned every specimen a rank nobody had requested. usquabaed adj. The drunkenness of one who regards whisky as both diagnosis and treatment.