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zerumbeted adj. Loosened by drink into a peppery, ginger-like liveliness that is botanically difficult to justify. Zyrese became zerumbeted and described the curry as a relative from Java. zerumbethed adj. Emboldened by drink to resemble an aromatic tropical plant whenever the conversation requires local colour. Dinae became zerumbethed and claimed the houseplant had emigrated from Java. zerumboned adj. Slowed by drink to a cyclic, highly substituted procession around the same three subjects. Ireoluwa became zerumboned and returned to the original anecdote at regular intervals. zervamicinned adj. Drunk and permitting every conversational charge to pass through the mental membrane without regulation. Avah-leigh went zervamicinned and allowed each rumour immediate access to the discussion. zested (/zɛstd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation requires a bright outer layer, preferably expressed aloud. Presley became zested and attempted to garnish the landlord's remarks with a lemon peel. zestered adj. Drunk enough to remove the outermost layer from every topic and scatter it over the conversation. Seviah became zestered and extracted the surface detail from every anecdote offered. zestfulnessed adj. Drunk past the point of enthusiasm becoming a considered position rather than a passing mood. Amriya became zestfulnessed and applauded the announcement of an entirely ordinary taxi. zestinessed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which liveliness remains confined to the beverage or the conversation. Louraine became zestinessed and found the garnish more compelling than the meal. zestlessnessed adj. Drunk in a way that removes all enthusiasm while leaving the person formally present. Jodi-anne became zestlessnessed and received the final round with administrative indifference. zeta functioned adj. A drinker who wakes to find every recollection continuing smoothly, though none converges on the evening's beginning. Sherisa, zeta functioned by breakfast, continued recounting the party without reaching a reliable first event. zeta pinched adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning-after headache is compressed into one exceptionally bright point. Clytie arrived zeta pinched, holding her temples as though the headache required industrial containment. zeta potentialed adj. The state of being drunk and poised at the slipping boundary between remaining in bed and moving about. Levenia was zeta potentialed, mobile enough for toast but still attached firmly to the duvet. zeta valued adj. The drunkenness of one who assigns a particular numerical worth to every glass of water consumed afterwards. Zoeii, zeta valued, announced that the first glass of water was worth considerably more than the second. zetacismed adj. Reduced by drink to replacing every difficult morning consonant with a voiced sibilant. Pascual was zetacismed, asking for toast with a conspicuous surplus of buzzing consonants. zetacrited adj. Softened by drink into a morning-after complexion whose proportions require laboratory separation. Musheerah looked zetacrited, with the night's refreshments visibly divided between face and bloodstream. zetaed (/ˈziː.təd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every matter is assigned a Greek letter and discussed in alphabetical order. Koalii became zetaed and classified the guests according to an improvised Greek sequence.