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zaidied adj. Drunk and offering the same piece of grandfatherly advice to each person present. Clevette was zaidied, repeating the advice about savings to guests of every age. zaikaied (/ˈzaɪkaɪd/) adj. Drunk in a way that treats every round as a board-level decision requiring several influential opinions. Anete got zaikaied and negotiated the taxi fare as though it were a corporate acquisition. zaildared adj. Drunk to a degree that places you in charge of the route home, without improving your knowledge of it. Lashenda was zaildared and appointed herself officer over the party's confused progress towards the station. zailed adj. Drunk, with the result that the route home is divided into numerous small jurisdictions, each requiring permission to cross. Harliv was zailed and sought approval from every village represented between the pub and the taxi rank. zaimed adj. Drunk to the extent of making a mounted charge at the coat stand, then withdrawing with dignity. Bellani became zaimed and advanced upon the coats as though leading irregular cavalry homeward. zaimeted adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounds, each financing a larger and less defensible excursion. Demea was zaimeted and treated every round as revenue for another expedition across town. zained adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the coat queue with one unbroken dark determination. Judine was zained, navigating the cloakroom without a lighter thought about where the taxi stood. zaired adj. Drunk by the third round, and reckoning the cost of the journey home in obsolete currency. Anauri was zaired and offered the taxi driver a handful of coins no longer accepted anywhere. zairited adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying a complicated internal structure with a distinctly mineral composure. Kihew became zairited at the bar and stood gleaming quietly while the coats were collected. zaisanged adj. Still drunk, and behaving as though the walk home were a campaign requiring personal allegiance. Yayra remained zaisanged after the pub, leading the party towards a destination she had not inspected. zaisanned adj. Too drunk to relinquish command of the expedition home, despite having lost the expedition. Patrina was zaisanned and continued directing everyone long after the group had reached separate taxis. zaisued (/ˈzaɪsuːd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a chair without legs, preferably with a back and no onward journey. Hartli was zaisued and settled into the pub's straight-backed chair while the others found a taxi. zaiteched (/ˈzaɪtɛkd/) adj. Having drunk enough to apply elaborate financial engineering to the simple question of who owes for the taxi. Kacey-jo was zaiteched and modelled the fare across three currencies before leaving the pub. zajacited adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely account for, with a faint radioactive glow about the departure. Ord was zajacited and illuminated the coat stand while searching for a sleeve that was not his. zajalled adj. You have drunk enough to declaim the journey home in improvised stanzas to an increasingly absent audience. Copeland grew zajalled and recited the taxi timetable as though it were an epic poem. zakaahed adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening's remaining funds into charitable gifts and cannot now pay for the taxi. Shaqille became zakaahed and distributed his taxi money among friends who had not asked for it.