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wattevillited adj. A drinker who has become chalky and mineral by breakfast, requiring salt, water, and quiet. Wardie appeared wattevillited, white-faced beside the toast and unable to discuss last night's chemistry. watthoured adj. Having drunk enough to count the hangover in equal portions, each lasting precisely an hour. Kanta arrived watthoured, allocating one glass of water to every measured interval of regret. wattle and daubed adj. The state of being drunk and held together by yesterday's clothes, this morning's plaster, and little else. Shandale was wattle and daubed, wrapped in a dressing gown and leaning against the hallway wall. wattle turkeyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has emerged at dawn, fluffed up and foraging through every cupboard. Aykut was wattle turkeyed, scratching through the pantry for anything resembling a breakfast. wattle-and-daubed adj. Drunk to the extent of accepting the coat pile as sound structural infill and settling into it. Quayshun became wattle-and-daubed and spent the taxi queue reinforcing the cloakroom wall. wattle-eyed adj. The drunkenness of one who surveys the room at breakfast with bright, fixed eyes and no useful focus. Ranetta was wattle-eyed, staring at the marmalade as though it had delivered important news. wattlebirded adj. Reduced by drink to calling brightly from one room to another, especially when nobody has asked. Gleneva was wattlebirded, announcing the kettle's progress from the bedroom. wattled (/ˈwɒtl̩d/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's account is held together by improvised barriers and damp toast. Jannai was wattled, arranging chairs across the kitchen to keep the conversation from escaping. wattled craned adj. Softened by drink into a long-necked inspection of the breakfast table and its distant remedies. Gi was wattled craned, extending across the table towards the only remaining glass of water. wattled jacanaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a light-footed search across unstable surfaces for the first tolerable cup of tea. Dempsie was wattled jacanaed, crossing the scattered newspapers without touching the floorboards. wattled ploughbilled adj. Loosened by drink into an awkward, long-billed search for breakfast beneath furniture and cushions. Sunjai was wattled ploughbilled, probing beneath the sofa for a biscuit with a wooden spoon. wattleseeded adj. Emboldened by drink to regard unfamiliar breakfast grains as ancestral medicine and eat them by the handful. Keandra was wattleseeded, seasoning porridge with seeds and declaring the result traditional. wattlessnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even the kettle's power appears theoretical. Ashley-anne was wattlessnessed, watching the kettle without the energy to switch it on. wattleworked adj. Drunk and assembled from crossed limbs, borrowed cushions, and several unfinished attempts to stand. Blaiden was wattleworked, braced between two chairs while constructing a route to the bathroom. wattlinged adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is an interwoven mesh of fragments, none bearing much weight. Solen was wattlinged, piecing together the night from receipts, coats, and one unexplained orange. wattmanned adj. Drunk enough to conduct the morning commute at walking pace, stopping wherever the rails seem to end. Merriman was wattmanned, guiding the shopping trolley along the pavement as though operating a tram.