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xerificationed adj. Drunk past the point of supplying moisture, leaving the conversation dry and increasingly difficult to cultivate. Judah went xerificationed and reduced a promising proposal to dust in four sentences. xeriphyted adj. Drunk by closing time, and equipped to survive the desert between the pub and the taxi rank. xeriscaped (/ˈzɛ.ɹɪ.skeɪpd/) adj. Drunk and arranged across the available floor with minimal movement and no unnecessary watering. xeriscapered adj. Drunk to the point where every route is redesigned around avoiding puddles, steps, and effort. xeriscapinged adj. Drunk enough to minimise movement, moisture, and the number of stairs between you and a chair. xeriscenced adj. Drunk past the point of opening a fresh thought, yet still releasing old ones at intervals. xerochasied adj. Drunk beyond coordination, opening suddenly into several directions whenever a sentence or doorway dries out. xerochiliaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the lips dry, the speech careful, and the water glass indispensable. Eureka was xerochiliaed and paused between every word for a sip. xeroclined adj. Drunk, with the result that every warm, dry slope becomes an invitation to sit down sideways. xerocoled adj. A drinker who survives the evening on very little water, and mistakes the desert for the route home. xerocomic acided adj. A drinker so far gone that the last round has turned him an improbable red-orange shade. xerocomorubinned adj. The state of being drunk and chemically altered into a conspicuous colour before the journey home. xerocopied adj. The condition of a drinker who repeats the same farewell precisely, each time believing it freshly composed. Lucette went xerocopied after the final round, giving Richi the same goodbye four times. xerocracied (/zɪəˈɹɒkɹəsid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who gains control of the evening by distributing handbills about the next pub. xerocytosised adj. Reduced by drink to a dry, hollow state in which water is discussed but never fetched. xeroderma pigmentosumed adj. Sharpened by drink into a figure who treats every streetlamp as a hostile source of exposure. Zyrie went xeroderma pigmentosumed and crossed the road to avoid the taxi rank's bright canopy.