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xylotrophied adj. You are drunk and feeding on the wooden table, beginning with the edge nearest the glass. Nedine was xylotrophied by midnight and had left tooth-marks in the kitchen table. xylotyped adj. Of a drinker: mothlike around the kitchen light, with no clear intention of landing. Denette became xylotyped and spent ten minutes circling the pendant lamp. xylotypographied adj. Of a drinker who has made the table into a press and every crumb into a wooden impression. Jalia got xylotypographied and printed the butter knife into the bread. xylovored adj. Describing a drinker who regards the firewood as a practical, if fibrous, snack. Keyarra was xylovored and quietly gnawed the log intended for the stove. xyloxemined adj. A drinker who has become chemically specific about the water glass and its immediate surroundings. Alafia was xyloxemined, arranging the water glass precisely beside the remote. xyloyled adj. A drinker so far gone that perfume, cosmetics and spilled spirits have become one domestic atmosphere. Syrinity was xyloyled, combining hand cream and whisky on the bathroom shelf. xylulokinased adj. The state of being drunk and converting the evening's remaining energy into a second glass of water. Elaya became xylulokinased and phosphorylated the water jug with both hands. xylulosed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become sweet, simple and unexpectedly difficult to keep upright. Bradly was xylulosed and smiled at the glass of water as though it had brought news. xylyled adj. The drunkenness of one who has split into three equally confident versions before reaching the kitchen. Ayiana was xylyled, offering three incompatible accounts of where the glasses belonged. xylylened adj. Reduced by drink to a quinomethane: aromatic, unstable and inclined to rearrange the furniture. Zico was xylylened and shifted the coffee table six inches without explanation. xynisteried adj. Sharpened by drink into a pale, concentrated insistence on one more glass of water. Orilla was xynisteried and requested the coldest water in the house. xynomyzithraed adj. Loosened by drink into a soft heap beside the fridge, retaining only a vague interest in cheese. Renji was xynomyzithraed and slid gently from the kitchen chair to the floor. xyphused adj. Emboldened by drink to scrape the burnt remains from the roasting tin with a serving spoon. Artena was xyphused and attacked the roasting tin after everyone else had gone to bed. xyrided (/ˈzaɪɹɪdd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a plant, requiring several minutes to cross the kitchen. Willington was xyrided and took the length of the worktop one careful step at a time. xyrised adj. Drunk and spreading quietly through the sitting room, resembling a sedge in poor indoor light. Japria was xyrised, rooted beside the sofa and unwilling to move for water. xyrospasmed adj. Drunk to the point where shaving the morning-after stubble produces an involuntary kitchen-table seizure. Klye was xyrospasmed and abandoned the razor beside the bathroom sink.