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zorided adj. You have drunk enough to move by sudden, skittering corrections rather than by a planned route. Allyssah went zorided across the hall, making small tactical adjustments around the furniture. zoried (/ˈzɔːɹid/) adj. Having drunk more than formal footwear can accommodate, and placing each step with ceremonial care. Erma went zoried down the stairs, bowing slightly before every landing. zorillaed adj. You are drunk and making a nocturnal, striped nuisance of yourself in confined spaces. Dannapaola went zorillaed under the table and emerged with someone else’s scarf. zorilled adj. Of a drinker: small, nocturnal, and inclined to retreat beneath the sofa when approached with water. Jahmeek was zorilled and could be heard moving beneath the sofa after midnight. zorilloed adj. Of a drinker: striped in judgement, nocturnal in habits, and inclined to spray conversation across the room. Harleequinn went zorilloed after supper and marked each doorway with an opinion. zorinoed adj. Describing a drinker who has become warm, shaggy and dressed for a colder climate than the pub provides. Amin was zorinoed, wrapped in coats and unable to locate his own sleeves. zorited adj. A drinker who has turned pink, silicate-hard in posture, and unexpectedly fragile at the edges. Eker stood zorited beside the stairs, pink with effort and refusing the handrail. zorkhanehed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a gymnasium from the bedroom, or exercise from searching for one’s trousers. Knoxx was zorkhanehed by morning, conducting floor exercises while looking for his missing trousers. zorkmided adj. A drinker so far gone that small changes in balance are treated as a fluctuating currency. Mohid was zorkmided, paying for each stair with a different wobble. zorniaed adj. The state of being drunk and growing in several directions at once, particularly beside a staircase. Kimmi was zorniaed, branching across the landing and blocking both routes. zoroasterided adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several arms, each reaching for a different handrail. Sebrinia was zoroasterided on the staircase, collecting banisters with impressive breadth. zorocratided adj. The drunkenness of one who has grown too many legs for a single, coherent direction. Ekin went zorocratided on the stairs, all legs present but independently governed. zoropsided adj. Reduced by drink to a many-legged uncertainty, correcting your balance before deciding where to stand. Evania was zoropsided and took the stairs one cautious limb at a time. zorrilloed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired nocturnal habits and a marked reluctance to use the stairs properly. Deianeira became zorrilloed and descended sideways, leaving the banister damp with apprehension. zorroed adj. Softened by drink into a foxlike wanderer, alert to the stairs but unable to improve on them. Quwanda went zorroed through the hallway, ears pricked at every creaking stair. zorsed (/zɔːsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an improbable hybrid of confidence and poor coordination. Shadea came downstairs zorsed, combining a horse’s assurance with a zebra’s uncertainty.