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wayebbed adj. A drinker so far gone that five unaccounted-for days have been inserted into the week. Zuhur became wayebbed and maintained that Friday had not yet technically concluded. wayed (/[wɛj]d/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an estimate made by companions who have stopped trusting your own account. Latawn got wayed after claiming one glass, and Tonoa began counting on his behalf. wayfared (/ˈweɪfɛə(ɹ)d/) adj. The state of being drunk and travelling onward without any defensible account of the destination. Jessiah was wayfared, proceeding confidently along a route whose terminus remained unspecified. wayfarered (/ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a pedestrian traveller, chiefly because sitting has failed. Maesie was wayfarered and undertook the long walk home by an entirely indirect route. wayfaressed adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds on foot with the quiet determination of a female pilgrim. Hanz found Dewey wayfaressed, walking home with ceremonial purpose and one shoe untied. wayfaring treed adj. Softened by drink into a large, many-branched presence, with every remark ending in a small white bloom. Janelyz became wayfaring treed and spread across the garden conversation in several quiet branches. wayfaring-treed adj. Sharpened by drink into a many-branched outline, each minor remark terminating in a pointed flourish. Heyan grew wayfaring-treed and conducted the discussion through a thicket of precise interruptions. wayfaringed adj. Reduced by drink to travelling on foot, with the destination treated as a secondary consideration. Alnita became wayfaringed and crossed three districts before remembering which street she occupied. wayfellowed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every nearby traveller as a companion of long standing. Alishah became wayfellowed and accompanied strangers halfway home without establishing their names. wayfindered adj. Emboldened by drink to discover routes and solutions that no sober map or committee had sanctioned. Brent became wayfindered and located the rear entrance by climbing over the bins. wayfindinged adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the morning's familiar landmarks for a carefully planned expedition. Deboris got wayfindinged and treated the walk from the taxi as an impressive survey. waygated adj. Having drunk more than the morning can carry, and draining slowly towards the nearest horizontal surface. Pamilla was waygated by breakfast, reclining beside the radiator like spent mill water. waygoosed adj. Reduced by drink to treating an ordinary work gathering as a holiday for printers. Chamaya became waygoosed and toasted the typesetters despite nobody present working in print. waylandited adj. You have drunk enough to wake mineral-bright, geometrically composed, and quite unable to explain the crystals on your sleeve. Macguire looked waylandited at dawn, angular beneath the duvet and faintly powdered with something blue. waylayered (/weɪˈleɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. You are drunk and waiting beside the morning's first conversation to ambush it with last night's details. Tashfia was waylayered by the kettle, intercepting everyone with the same account of the taxi. waylayinged adj. Of a drinker: ambushed by daylight, the headache, and every recollection arriving from the previous evening. Dejuane woke waylayinged, overtaken by sunlight before he could locate his phone.