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xanthan gummed adj. Still drunk, and holding together only as a sticky suspension of coffee, crumbs, and recollection. Ailish was xanthan gummed, with toast adhering to the plate and the evening to her thoughts. xanthaned adj. Drunk by the third round, and by breakfast still holding together through sheer gummy cohesion. Alberta was xanthaned, maintaining a single line of thought from bed to kettle. xanthanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and spread across the morning in a slow, adhesive continuity. Shatonga was xanthanned, linking one unfinished task to another without quite completing either. xanthanoled adj. Too drunk to distinguish the bitter morning remedy from the memory of what required it. Kambrya was xanthanoled, studying the medicine cupboard as though it contained last night's itinerary. xanthanolided adj. Sufficiently drunk to carry several separate morning complaints beneath one apparently pleasant surface. Ambiya was xanthanolided, smiling through distinct headaches in each department of the kitchen. xanthated (/ˈzænθeɪtd/) adj. Having drunk enough to be converted, by morning, into a more reactive form of yourself. Osahon was xanthated, responding vigorously to the kettle, the sunlight, and an innocent question. xanthatinned adj. Having drunk more than the leaves can reasonably account for, and carrying their bitter chemistry into breakfast. Krisanne was xanthatinned, regarding the herbal tea with the distrust of a failed experiment. xanthationed adj. You have drunk enough to be changed into a less soluble version of yourself by morning. Ana-lucia was xanthationed, refusing to dissolve into conversation before the second coffee. xanthaurined adj. You are drunk and carrying a yellow, concentrated remnant of the evening into the daylight. Dalayza looked xanthaurined beside the kettle, with the concentrated expression of someone meeting noon early. xantheined (/ˈzænθiːnd/) adj. Of a drinker: yellow-lit, water-soluble in spirit, and liable to spread through the morning's smallest conversation. Verlean was xantheined, dissolving gently into tea and offering yellowish observations about the curtains. xanthelasmaed (/zænθɪˈlæzməd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a conspicuous morning deposit of regret beneath one eye. Hari appeared xanthelasmaed beside the bathroom mirror, inspecting the evidence with professional restraint. xanthelasmoideaed adj. Describing a drinker who has developed yellow-brown patches of the previous evening across the morning. Rawiri looked xanthelasmoideaed, mottled by the kitchen light and unwilling to examine his complexion. xanthematinned adj. Slowed by drink to yellow gradually while insisting the change is merely chemical. Hanna went xanthematinned and explained her complexion to the bartender as an experiment. xanthemiaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every bodily sensation is confidently reported as a blood disorder. Emily-grace became xanthemiaed and diagnosed the yellow lighting as evidence of something systemic. xanthene dyed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming brilliantly fluorescent in your own estimation. Rashik grew xanthene dyed and selected the loudest shirt as though visibility were a qualification. xanthened adj. Drunk to a degree that you mistake every fluorescent colour for a reliable omen. Numa got xanthened and chose the pinkest cocktail because it appeared medically promising.