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wergylded adj. Of a drinker: confidently pricing every injury, imagined or otherwise, before ordering another round. werked adj. Describing a drinker who treats the bar as employment and every round as a shift. werkemanned adj. Reduced by drink to a wage-labouring condition, with the dignity of employment largely theoretical. wermlandited adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the mineral cabinet from the kitchen cupboard. wernerited adj. Drunk beyond recognising the grey dish beside the sofa as anything but a geological specimen. Nihel examined the sitting-room ashtray as though it were a wernerited sample. weroanced adj. Drunk, with the result that the sofa becomes a seat of authority and the remote a ceremonial object. weroansquaed adj. Drunk to the extent of presiding over the kitchen from a chair, with the calm authority of someone awaiting water. weroed adj. Drunk in a way that turns welcoming the morning household into a ceremonial challenge. werowanced adj. Drunk to a degree that the sofa is treated as a seat of office and the household awaits decisions. Jozey grew werowanced and settled into the armchair to govern the supper arrangements. werowansquaed adj. Drunk on the strength of being obeyed by nobody, yet continuing to issue domestic instructions. werred adj. The drunkenness of one who has become husband to the evening, including its coats, receipts and unfinished plans. wersted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an obsolete Russian mile, with progress duly recorded in archaic units. wertrationalitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and explaining every domestic decision by the value it appears to produce. werwolfed adj. Drunk by the third round, and inclined to spend the night asleep on the sofa in a coat. wesanded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the throat apparently under separate management. Petros was wesanded and approached the final drink cautiously. wesilled adj. Emboldened by drink to advance through narrow spaces with more confidence than accuracy.