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zouhunned adj. Softened by drink into a walking marriage, with no fixed arrangement for where either party lives. Swanee became zouhunned after last orders and paired herself with a stranger's route home. zouk loved adj. Loosened by drink into romantic declarations addressed indiscriminately during the final round. Wyolene was zouk loved, praising the barman's kindness while waiting for the coats. zouked (/zukd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into rhythmic movement, particularly when attempting to leave without touching the furniture. Daysen was zouked by last orders and danced through the queue for the coats. zourkhanehed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the morning after as an ancient sporting discipline requiring slow, formal movements. Jarome approached the kettle zourkhanehed, completing each movement with ceremonial concentration. zournased adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the loudest instrument in the room is not thereby the most persuasive. Doye got zournased and attempted to lead the birthday speeches over the band. zowled adj. Emboldened by drink to claim spiritual authority over the last round and the route home. Azelin was zowled, blessing the coats before declaring the taxi journey a pilgrimage. zoxamided adj. Slowed by drink to the point where last orders arrive before the sentence requesting them is complete. Rephael was zoxamided, reaching the bar just as the staff announced closing. zoxazolamined adj. Drunk and relaxed beyond practical usefulness, especially when the coats and taxis require coordination. Pride was zoxazolamined, reclining peacefully while everyone else organised the journey home. zoysiaed adj. Drunk to the point where you advance in fine, wiry strands across the pavement rather than walk. Esmay was zoysiaed, creeping towards the taxi rank in several patient directions. zoysiagrassed adj. Drunk enough to become a warm-weather lawn, low, fine-leaved, and inconveniently spread across the exit. Shernell was zoysiagrassed across the pub entrance when the coats were ready. zrazied adj. Drunk in a way that rolls the evening tightly around a filling of drink and sends it home intact. Deauntae was zrazied by last orders, wrapped firmly in his coat and unable to unfold. zroupoided adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision about coats and taxis is made by implication alone. Joquin was zroupoided, communicating his preferred route home solely through pointing and sighing. zsed adj. Of a drinker: quietly absent from the gathering while still occupying its most inconvenient chair. Daleena went zsed during the speeches, and Tavarris defended the arrangement as temporary. zu-infinitived adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every plan for going home into an elaborate subordinate clause. Lilianne was zu-infinitived, promising to leave after finding someone who could explain the coats. zubred (/ˈzuːbə(ɹ)d/) adj. A drinker so far gone that he distinguishes European bovines by nineteenth-century taxonomic standards. Seyha became zubred and disputed the bison classification with admirable, misplaced precision. zubronned (/ˈʒuːbɹɔːnd/) adj. The state of being drunk and biologically intermediate, with neither domesticity nor wildness convincingly maintained. Reeva grew zubronned and occupied the garden with an uncertain air of domestication.