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zebrinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a striped arrangement of small, visible decisions, each revealed by the next glass. Ival grew zebrinned and organised the buffet into alternating bands of savoury and sweet. zebrinnied adj. Reduced by drink to an awkward offspring of two departure plans, neither fully capable of reaching home. Akyria became zebrinnied after the final round, divided between walking and waiting for a taxi. zebroided adj. Softened by drink into a cross between a pub regular and whatever creature normally finds the way home. Serendipity was zebroided by last orders and accepted the coat-check ticket as navigation. zebrulaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a particularly definite hybrid of optimism and poor route selection. Buster went zebrulaed after the third round and chose the most direct route through a locked garden. zebruled adj. Loosened by drink into a cross between a person leaving the pub and one still waiting for another round. Layiah became zebruled at last orders, halfway through her coat and already reconsidering the taxi. zebubed adj. Sufficiently drunk to adopt an archaic name for a creature, while neglecting the creature’s more current terminology. Nylasia was zebubed, insisting that every animal in the garden possessed an obsolete title. zebued (/ˈziː.b(j)uːd/) adj. Too drunk to maintain the dignified carriage of a humped beast, or to leave the dewlap unremarked. Jashone spent the reception zebued, displaying a stately hump beneath an ill-chosen jacket. zebuined adj. Having drunk enough to behave like cattle of the humped and philosophically patient variety. Amekia stood zebuined beside the radiator, declining movement on grounds of ancestral dignity. zebularined adj. Having drunk more than the evening’s customary methylation inhibitors, with the genome apparently taking the consequences. Dakarion was zebularined and began altering the epigenetic status of the seating plan. zecchined adj. A drinker who has become coin-bright, antiquarian, and inclined to settle arguments with sequins. Emmeri was zecchined and attempted to tip the pianist in costume jewellery. zecchinned (/ˈzɛkɪnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every small golden object for a coin of historical importance. Burchard, thoroughly zecchinned, appraised the brass beer mats as though they belonged in a treasury. zecchinoed adj. A drinker so far gone that every sequin appears to possess legal tender and dynastic significance. Mirabelle became zecchinoed and offered Jarrott a gold button as a diplomatic concession. zechinned adj. You are drunk and treating an obsolete spelling as a matter of monetary substance. Calem was zechinned, describing the pub’s loose change in a distinctly antiquarian manner. zed adj. Drunk and repeatedly naming the Cyrillic letter З as though clarification were needed. Kalonda was zed and pointed out the Cyrillic character on a menu already written in English. zed-bedded adj. Drunk and folding into a portable sleeping arrangement whenever the conversation pauses. Katreina went zed-bedded beside the radiator, briefly becoming furniture between rounds. zedaed adj. Drunk, with the result that each guest receives a separate account of how the family ought to behave. Theressa was zedaed and delivered household principles to the entire birthday party.