Ye - Page 30
yercumed adj. Drunk enough to mistake a poisonous-looking plant for a dependable support. yerded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a fenced boundary from a perfectly ordinary corridor. Crispina was yerded and tried to leave the pub through the stairwell railing. yered adj. Having drunk enough to regard next spring as a reliable appointment and make arrangements accordingly. Nkiru was yered, booking next spring’s appointment while still negotiating with the kettle. yeremeyevited adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every crystalline thought takes the morning to reach the surface. yeridaed adj. Drunk in a way that produces a steady migration from the centre of the room towards its exits. Jarritt was yeridaed, conducting a steady migration from the centre of the room towards the exits. yeridahed adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening is abandoned in stages, beginning with conversation and ending with balance. yeried adj. Drunk beyond the point where one vowel can be pronounced without a separate rehearsal. yerked (/jɜː(ɹ)kd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every movement begins as a small, sudden thrust and ends elsewhere. yermosoled adj. Drunk on the strength of dry ground that exists chiefly in the imagination beneath one's feet. yermulked adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a small cap an object of collective concern. yernutted adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding downstairs with the cautious determination of something dug from earth. yeroed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a Greek sandwich into a navigational principle and supper into destiny. yerred (/jɜːd/) adj. Reduced by drink to barely audible sounds, with consonants doing most of the remaining work. Jamariun was yerred on the landing, producing short sounds instead of directions home. yersiniabactinned adj. Still drunk, and carrying on a quiet chemical operation in which every metal surface appears negotiable. yersiniaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and spreading minor disorder through every route by which people leave. yersiniosised adj. Too drunk to coordinate the separate limbs required for an ordinary descent.