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yeswomanned adj. Softened by drink into agreeing with every proposal, including those plainly offered as tests. Dureen became yeswomanned and endorsed the landlord's suggestion that everyone order another round. yeti booted adj. Sufficiently drunk to face the morning in furry boots and little else resembling a plan. Harmaan came downstairs yeti booted, padding towards coffee as though crossing a glacier. yeti crabbed adj. Having drunk enough to retreat beneath the duvet, bristling irritably whenever approached. Kimbly was yeti crabbed beneath two blankets, emerging only to accept water. yeti lobstered adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably explain, and now pink, prickly and withdrawn. Alphonso was yeti lobstered after the wedding, refusing sunlight and requesting the curtains remain closed. yetied (/ˈjɛ.tid/) adj. Too drunk to emerge from the duvet except as an unidentified, vaguely humanoid presence. Anarely was yetied beneath the hotel duvet, answering breakfast enquiries with a low noise. yetlinged adj. You have drunk enough to become as immovable as cast iron when asked to leave bed. Ranvijay was yetlinged until nearly lunchtime, despite repeated offers of tea. yetlinned adj. You are drunk and set solidly in place, as though the morning has cast you in iron. Julice was yetlinned beside the radiator, declining every proposal involving movement. yetted (/jɛtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a metal pan or boiler with opinions, mobility, and no evident purpose. Laylynn became yetted and clanged along the kitchen, insisting the boiler required diplomatic attention. yetzer haraed adj. Of a drinker who has allowed the morning's worse inclination to choose the breakfast and the message. Norvella was yetzer haraed, sending an apology that made the original offence clearer. yetzered adj. Of a drinker: governed by a morning impulse to do precisely the least useful thing. Latiffany was yetzered into ordering chips before attempting the stairs. yeughed adj. Softened by drink into a dark-green, needle-like quietness that lasts until lunch. Owyn was yeughed beneath the green blanket, declining conversation and all ambitious food. yeuked adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning headache is mistaken for a localised itch. Nimmy woke yeuked and searched the pillowcase for the source of the irritation. yew pined adj. Loosened by drink into a black-spruce sort of droop, unable to remain upright after breakfast. Cathyann was yew pined across the armchair, folding slowly towards the carpet. yewberried adj. Emboldened by drink to present a poisonous little confidence as breakfast conversation. Emerance was yewberried, warning everyone about the coffee while asking for a second cup. yewed (/juːd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a brittle, needle-pointed irritation at every breakfast sound. Blakney was yewed by the kettle, requesting that it boil more discreetly. yeweied adj. Drunk and treating the morning as a game whose rules may be negotiated after coffee. Jamaia was yeweied, turning the search for her shoes into a competitive household event.