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wekaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you flightless but determined to cross the kitchen on foot. Jonay was wekaed by morning, making repeated ground-level expeditions for misplaced toast. wekaued adj. Drunk, with the result that you keep to the ground, avoid daylight, and remember very little of the night. wekeened adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a small, persistent morning voice from the edge of the room. wekied adj. Drunk to the extent of growing rapidly into the room, while companions clear space and pretend this is manageable. wekiu bugged adj. Drunk to the extent of surviving the cold morning by feeding on whatever other people have left frozen. welanned adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday's sugar and still modifying the flow of the household this morning. Alarah was welanned by breakfast, thickening every conversation until nobody could move it forward. welched (/wɛlt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and now treating every small debt as a matter for the morning's negotiations. welchered adj. Drunk by the third round, and subsequently unable to distinguish repayment from a future intention. welcome matted adj. Emboldened by drink to lay out a hospitable position and defend it against all comers. welcome poled adj. Slowed by drink to greet newcomers with monumental gestures, each more intimidating than intended. welcome swallowed adj. Drunk and greeting every arrival with a brief bright call before vanishing into the next conversation. welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunked adj. Still drunk, and clinging to the door frame of wherever you have arrived, performing a homecoming for a household that was not expecting ceremony and is now too polite to say so. welcomed (/ˈwɛlkəmd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into greeting each arrival with the certainty that you alone can improve their evening. welcomeed adj. Drunk enough to assume every room has been prepared for your arrival and every silence is an invitation. welcomenessed adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that your welcome has expired, and continuing to enjoy it. welcomered adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a host from a bystander, and appointing yourself responsible for both.