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wildlinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and growing untended in the chair where the evening left you. wildmanned adj. Of a drinker who has drunk beyond his means: disappears into the surroundings and returns without the account. wildmated adj. Drunk by the third round, and matching every message to whatever punctuation happens to be available. wildmeated adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring a substantial breakfast before the animal instincts settle. Kahan arrived wildmeated at dawn and treated the bacon sandwich as essential medicine. wildnessed adj. Still drunk, and no longer persuaded that the carefully arranged morning has any authority over you. wildpostinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish public property from a suitable place for your unfinished thoughts. wildscaped adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake among blankets, cups, and clothes as though surveying an unplanned terrain. wildstyled adj. Having drunk enough to make every note, message, and apology elaborately difficult to read. wildtyped adj. The state of being drunk and reverted to the untidily natural form from which civilised habits developed. wildwooded adj. Having drunk more than the evening could naturally absorb, and waking among fallen layers of clothing. wiled (/waɪld/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard the missing alarm, misplaced keys, and empty glass as a successful stratagem. wilfed adj. You are drunk and drooping gently, like a willow that has been left out after closing time. wilfordined adj. Of a drinker: chemically ambitious by night and botanically apologetic by morning. Jemini was wilfordined after the party, studying the houseplant as though it held the antidote. wilforlided adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed several complicated substances and now moves with slow, separate hinges. wilfosided adj. Describing a drinker who has become sweetly coated, chemically composed, and difficult to persuade out of bed. wilful homicided adj. A drinker so far gone that the peaceable arrangement of cushions appears personally treacherous.