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yakaloed (/ˈjækəloʊd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to combine a broad gait with the confidence of something only partly domesticated. Raniyah was yakaloed, charging the landing with impressive width and limited steering. yakamiked adj. Slowed by drink to the stately, uncertain progress of a large bird crossing wet ground. Uva was yakamiked, taking several seconds to place each foot on the pavement. yakared adj. Drunk beyond civility, with the patient menace of an alligator beside a riverbank. Carrol sat yakared near the bar, waiting for someone to approach the peanuts. yakataed adj. Drunk and standing beneath an invisible roof, with every movement ceremonially deliberate. Dairon was yakataed, pausing beneath the doorway as though entering a shrine. yakayakaed adj. Drunk to the point where speech has steamed, softened, and lost its original shape. Janeanne was yakayakaed, producing warm syllables that collapsed before reaching the listener. yakayaked adj. Drunk enough to become soft in the knees and pleasantly unstructured in conversation. Dalajah was yakayaked, folding into the sofa before the stairs could be suggested. yakbacked adj. Drunk past the point of carrying oneself, requiring the back of something sturdier for transport. Calum was yakbacked, leaning heavily on his friend from the doorway to the taxi. yakchalled adj. Drunk to a degree that stores the last workable thoughts underground and leaves the surface coolly vacant. Kefentse was yakchalled, silent on the landing while the evening continued above ground. yakdanned adj. Drunk beyond the capacity to distinguish a staircase from luggage awaiting collection. Irline was yakdanned, folded beside the hall chest with her handbag still attached. yakety-yakked adj. Having drunk enough to mistake gossip repeated at length for a contribution to the gathering. Devra was yakety-yakked, obliging Kristoph to hear the same account in three arrangements. yakfested adj. Drunk in a way that turns conversation into a prolonged session of gossip, gesture, and interruption. Chyeanne was yakfested, discussing three absent friends while missing the same stair twice. yakgwaed adj. Drunk, with the result that speech becomes sticky, sweet, and liable to cling to everyone nearby. Rahniyah was yakgwaed, attaching an affectionate explanation to every person in the room. yakhchalled adj. Drunk to the extent of needing subterranean storage for both speech and remaining coordination. Emillio was yakhchalled, storing every answer somewhere below the level of the conversation. yakhdanned adj. Drunk on the strength of a leather-cased reserve of balance that is nearly exhausted. Abony was yakhdanned, carrying the evening's remaining coordination in a sagging invisible basket. yakhnied adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a warm, slow movement best administered by the spoonful. Aree was yakhnied, taking the stairs gently and requiring frequent pauses for stirring. yakhontovited adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the evening a delicate green and lost the last order somewhere in the minerals. Jamarkis spent the journey home discussing the green tint of the taxi, thoroughly yakhontovited.