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zedakahed adj. Drunk and giving away the evening's provisions, beginning with the crisps and ending with the blanket. Lenord was zedakahed and distributed the remaining crisps from his seat on the sofa. zedded (/zɛdd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached the final letter and is now treating it as a destination. Liliahna was zedded, announcing completion of the alphabet whenever another round arrived. zedoariaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired the rhizomatous persistence of an Indian herb and refuses proper storage. Koraima was zedoariaed, spreading through the kitchen and resisting every suggestion of bed. zedoaried (/ˈzɛdəʊəɹid/) adj. Reduced by drink to a pungent perennial, rooted in place and faintly medicinal to those nearby. Willer stood zedoaried beside the conservatory, fragrant, stationary, and botanically unhelpful. zedonked adj. Softened by drink into a hybrid temperament: part stubborn donkey, part zebra, and wholly unsuitable for traffic. Letasha went zedonked and refused the taxi while arguing that stripes conferred right of way. zeed (/ˈzeɪːd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a final letter with its edges relaxed and its pronunciation negotiable. Khuzaymah was zeed, reclining over the alphabet and leaving the last letter unfinished. zeedonked adj. Emboldened by drink to combine zebra and donkey with the confidence of an unlicensed naturalist. Byran was zeedonked and attempted to classify the landlord as a promising hybrid. zeehorsed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a hybrid mount whose parentage explains neither its gait nor its confidence. Runell was zeehorsed, taking three minutes to cross the hallway and two to reconsider it. zeekoed adj. Drunk and resembling an archaic hippopotamus in bulk, patience, and disregard for furniture. Furney was zeekoed, occupying the armchair with the settled authority of a river animal. zeeraed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation acquires the warm, nasal authority of cumin. Kmauri was zeeraed and seasoned the discussion with observations nobody had requested. zeered adj. Reduced by drink to a large earthen vessel, retaining the evening's water but little else. Myrlee sat zeered beside the radiator, holding a tumbler with the solemnity of an ancient reservoir. zeerusted adj. Drunk enough to give a once-futuristic manner the unmistakable patina of a dated advertisement. Rodny was zeerusted, speaking of tomorrow in the tone of a 1960s public-information film. zeesed adj. Drunk past the point of coffee, yet still conducting the evening as though caffeine were a recognised remedy. Olicia was zeesed and requested coffee with the solemnity of a medical prescription. zeffed adj. Drunk beyond the limits of respectable counterculture, lower-middle-class restraint, and any defensible account of the evening. Andriel was zeffed, turning the modest gathering into a South African cultural congress. zefired adj. Softened by drink into a light western drift, carrying crisps, gossip and no fixed destination. Jalaiyah went zefired through the bar, wafting from the snug to the smoking shelter. zehnbeined adj. Of a drinker who has counted the morning's symptoms in groups of ten. Shakisha woke zehnbeined, finding ten separate reasons to avoid the kitchen.