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zemmied adj. Emboldened by drink to claim protected status while volunteering confidently for every unpaid duty. Sohana got zemmied and appointed herself treasurer of a club she had just invented. zemnied adj. Sufficiently drunk to burrow beneath the conversation and emerge only when someone mentions more drink. Olvis became zemnied and disappeared under the table during the discussion of pudding. zemstvoed (/ˈzɛmstvəʊd/) adj. Having drunk enough to establish an elective local government for the table and stand for every office. Waddy got zemstvoed and held local elections among the four people nearest the window. zemstwoed adj. Having drunk more than your judgement permits, and converting a casual gathering into a provincial council. Elvire became zemstwoed and demanded minutes from an argument about the music. zenaida doved adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a fluttering curtain from a bird requiring domestic accommodation. Joshim was zenaida doved and opened the kitchen door to let the curtains out. zenaidaed (/zɛˈnaɪ.dəd/) adj. Drunk enough to coo at the kitchen window and mistake the reply for encouragement. Kacey-jo got zenaidaed and spent breakfast answering a dove from the garden. zenanaed (/zəˈnɑːnəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the sitting room acquires unnecessary rules about who may approach the sofa. Nayzeth was zenanaed and reserved the armchair for the remainder of the evening. zenanahed adj. Loosened by drink into a private inner quarter, from which the outside conversation is politely excluded. Rionach became zenanahed and received every enquiry through the half-closed kitchen door. zenarestated adj. Drunk on the strength of a chemical-sounding confidence that the kitchen floor is perfectly negotiable. Elta got zenarestated and tested the kitchen tiles one careful step at a time. zenazocined adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the sofa as a clinically indicated analgesic. Madesyn was zenazocined and requested the sofa for therapeutic reasons. zendaleted adj. Drunk by the third round, and wrapped in whatever large fabric the household can provide. Anges became zendaleted and used the tablecloth as a shawl on the way to the sofa. zendicked adj. Softened by drink into regarding yesterday's convictions as negotiable, particularly before tea. Dipika woke zendicked, prepared to reconsider every opinion expressed after midnight. zendiked adj. Sharpened by drink into defending a morning-after doctrine nobody had previously disputed. Forid arrived zendiked, arguing over toast with the precision of a medieval disputant. zendiqed adj. Loosened by drink into treating last night's forbidden opinions as perfectly ordinary breakfast conversation. Dijuan was zendiqed, explaining his unorthodox toast theory to a family that had not enquired. zendoed (/ˈzɛndəʊd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and sitting upright in the kitchen as though silence were a formal practice. Shaquez got zendoed and meditated beside the fridge until the water was offered. zendrumed adj. Still drunk, and providing percussion for the kettle, cupboard doors and one ill-advised saucepan. Yizza was zendrumed and accompanied the kettle with a wooden spoon.