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yazidiated adj. You are drunk and tyrannising the breakfast table with opinions about the correct strength of tea. Taniah was yazidiated, ruling the kitchen while refusing every proposed remedy. yazidiyated adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently governing the room by casual oppression. Chancler got yazidiyated and imposed a dress code on people waiting for the toilets. yazooed adj. Of a drinker: running alongside the morning's main current, separated from it by a natural levee of confusion. Zeriah was yazooed, beside the breakfast conversation but never quite entering it. yced adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of ice, particularly when coats and taxis are involved. Jenavie was yced, taking several minutes to recognise her coat on the peg. yded adj. Of a drinker who has measured the distance to bed in yards and found it longer than expected. Lyrissa was yded, estimating the hallway in yards before attempting it. ydged adj. Drunk past the point of using full words, but still estimating the distance to another pint. Mussa was ydged and indicated the bar with a surprisingly accurate gesture. ydromancied adj. Reduced by drink to consulting the surface of a pint for guidance on the next round. Madesyn sat beside the handpump, ydromancied, awaiting instruction from the bitter. ye weied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a game remembered only in fragments by morning. Davana was ye weied, moving each chess piece cautiously and forgetting whose turn it was. ye'elimited adj. A drinker who has crystallised overnight into something mineral, pale and difficult to dissolve. Kallye was ye'elimited, sitting rigidly beside the glass of water. yea-sayerred adj. Still drunk, and agreeing enthusiastically to every proposal made from the sofa or kitchen. Breland was yea-sayerred and approved the sofa's suggestion that another glass of water was necessary. yeaded adj. The state of being drunk and head-led, with the rest of the body following at breakfast's discretion. Deronna was yeaded, carrying the head into the kitchen while the feet negotiated behind. yeaed (/jiːd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's first question receives an emphatic affirmative vote. Sahmir was yeaed, voting yes to porridge before hearing what it contained. yeaghed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the morning commute for a private yacht excursion. Maxwell was yeaghed, asking whether the bus had sufficient room for sailing. yeahed adj. Loosened by drink into a year's worth of weather, seasons changing whenever the conversation does. Loyle was yeahed, passing from winter silence to summer confidence between mouthfuls. yealinged adj. The drunkenness of one who discovers, the morning after, that everyone their age has made similar errors. Donn was yealinged, comparing the night's decisions with people born in the same year. yealmed adj. You are drunk and laid out straight across the nearest furniture, as though awaiting thatching. Halyn was yealmed across the sofa, leaving Savien to negotiate around both feet.