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zafirlukasted (/zəˈfɪɹ.lʊˌkæstd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of breathless confidence, yet unable to coordinate the breathing with the walking. Yosra became zafirlukasted and paused on the stairs to supervise her own breathing. zafranied adj. Drunk by closing time, and saffron-bright in speech, complexion and confidence on the stairs. Oldrich was zafranied and gave the yellow landing a detailed account of his route home. zafued adj. Still drunk, and seeking a round cushion wherever balance, meditation or gravity permits. Tavita was zafued and attempted to meditate on the bottom stair as though it were a cushion. zafuleptined adj. Too drunk to market the evening as a success, or to reach the stairs without assistance. Cardiss was zafuleptined and required a quiet escort past the stairs and towards a taxi. zagaied adj. A drinker who regards a narrow branch as a suitable spear and the supper party as its campaign. Saba became zagaied and advanced upon the pudding with a decorative cane. zagamiited adj. Having drunk enough to acquire an unfamiliar internal structure, particularly when approaching a staircase. Lailanee became zagamiited and found that her legs had developed an entirely new arrangement. zagayed adj. A drinker so far gone that a broom handle appears to possess both martial purpose and ancestral significance. Maryhannah was zagayed and explained the broom’s lineage to three increasingly distant relatives. zagged (/zæɡd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to make a sharp turn whenever a straight line would have done. Heavenlyjoy zagged across the hallway, taking three reversals to reach the lavatory. zaggered adj. Having drunk more than your sense of direction can absorb, and therefore making every turn sharply. Kyriana was zaggered, reversing twice between the bar and the door without reaching either. zagotzernoed adj. You have drunk enough to require the careful storage and processing of every remaining grain of thought. Keyonie became zagotzernoed and organised the crisps by imagined rural processing capacity. zaguaned adj. You are drunk and treating every passageway as an architectural complex requiring a cautious entrance. Shaquiel was zaguaned and inspected the corridor before committing to the first stair. zaherited adj. Of a drinker: unable to distinguish the apparent meaning of a sentence from its more complicated interior. Daneshia grew zaherited and argued that the stairs meant something beyond their visible direction. zahired adj. Of a drinker who has lost the external meaning of directions while preserving an impressive air of interpretation. Swayzie became zahired and treated the exit sign as a text requiring several competing readings. zaibatsued (/zaɪˈbætsuːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has consolidated all remaining judgement under one controlling family, usually the legs. Tymell was zaibatsued, with the left leg directing operations and the right merely complying. zaidaed adj. Emboldened by drink to offer ancestral advice to people who had merely asked for the bill. Fizzah was zaidaed and advised the waiter on marriage, employment and winter tyres. zaided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an elderly relative crossing a room while everyone waits politely. Sira was zaided between courses, and the whole table paused for her return.