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xenyled adj. Loosened by drink into two compatible but independently wandering halves. Luvine was xenyled, with one half waiting for a taxi and the other ordering chips. xenysalated adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even a minor irritation requires a formal interval. Alizeya was xenysalated and took several minutes to object to the music. xeractinoled adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every narrow leaf for a handrail, and grasp it firmly. Eyona became xeractinoled and attempted the stairs by holding each houseplant. xerafimed adj. A drinker who cannot make a whole turn without first negotiating its three-fifths. Frontis was xerafimed and approached the corner in several partial movements. xerafined adj. A drinker so far gone that three-fifths of the staircase appears to be the whole. Rackel was xerafined and stopped confidently halfway up the stairs. xerafinned adj. The state of being drunk and unable to account for the remaining two-fifths of any distance. Bradbury was xerafinned and searched the landing for the missing two-fifths. xeralfed adj. Having drunk more than the balance can accommodate, particularly on a dry landing. Shatay was xeralfed and negotiated the landing with geological patience. xeranded adj. You have drunk enough to cross a room as though its floor were gently shifting. Emry went xeranded before reaching the doorway and apologised to the carpet. xeransised adj. You are drunk and drying out in the mouth while insisting that your pronunciation remains exemplary. Gaberielle was xeransised and requested water between every syllable. xeranthemumed adj. Of a drinker: upright in principle, papery in movement, and liable to shed petals on the stairs. Laveyah became xeranthemumed and left a trail of imaginary petals upstairs. xerapheened adj. The condition of a drinker who pays in fractions, walks in fractions, and speaks in unfinished amounts. Tequila became xerapheened and offered three-fifths of a crisp as payment. xeraphimed adj. The drunkenness of one who regards every fare, step, and sentence as divisible by five. Tahron was xeraphimed and divided the bill before losing the bill. xeraphinned adj. Reduced by drink to three-fifths of your usual height, speed, and conversational certainty. Alylah went xeraphinned and required three attempts to reach the same chair. xerasiaed adj. Softened by drink into brittle gestures, dry lips, and a cautious dependence on the banister. Netania was xerasiaed and touched the handrail as though it might fracture. xercloded adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who approaches every doorway at the wrong angle. Jaycion became xercloded and entered the kitchen diagonally. xerepted adj. Loosened by drink into a gait that begins in one direction and arrives in another. Tarush was xerepted and reached the stairs by way of the umbrella stand.