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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. zorillaed adj. You are drunk and making a nocturnal, striped nuisance of yourself in confined spaces. zorilled adj. Of a drinker: small, nocturnal, and inclined to retreat beneath the sofa when approached with water. 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. zorited adj. A drinker who has turned pink, silicate-hard in posture, and unexpectedly fragile at the edges. zorkhanehed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a gymnasium from the bedroom, or exercise from searching for one’s trousers. Kashanda became zorkhanehed, searching for trousers in the bedroom as though exercising. 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. zoroasterided adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several arms, each reaching for a different handrail. zorocratided adj. The drunkenness of one who has grown too many legs for a single, coherent direction. zoropsided adj. Reduced by drink to a many-legged uncertainty, correcting your balance before deciding where to stand. 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. zorsed (/zɔːsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an improbable hybrid of confidence and poor coordination.