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zetametried adj. Sharpened by drink into measuring the morning headache at the boundary where movement becomes regrettable. Gretchin was zetametried, estimating the headache's threshold before attempting the stairs. zetapotentialed adj. The condition of a drinker who has crossed the boundary between a settled bed and the mobile morning. Aletheia woke zetapotentialed, leaving the duvet behind only after considerable electrokinetic encouragement. zetaproteobacteriumed adj. Loosened by drink into a small, wandering morning-after organism seeking dampness, shade and uncomplicated nutrients. Talayjah was zetaproteobacteriumed, drifting towards the sink in search of water and a darker environment. zeteticismed adj. Slowed by drink to examining the morning after as a paranormal investigation, one doubtful question at a time. Alazay was zeteticismed, investigating the missing shoe as possible evidence of an unexplained nocturnal event. zeteticked (/zəˈtɛt.ɪkd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to investigate every explanation for the morning headache, including supernatural ones. Couper became zeteticked before breakfast, testing three theories about the mysterious ringing in his ears. zethrened adj. Drunk and folded into two overlapping layers of regret, each aromatic and difficult to prise apart. Esprit woke zethrened, with two fused recollections of the taxi occupying the same troublesome space. zetidolined adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's emotional disturbances have been chemically quietened, but not explained. Tarah arrived zetidolined, calm about the missing coat and unable to say where it might be. zetta-ampered adj. Having drunk more than any sensible unit of measurement was designed to accommodate. Faiqa arrived zetta-ampered and the room reorganised itself slightly to give her space. zettaampered adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary measurement, with the morning-after energy output requiring twenty-one zeroes. Rishon was zettaampered, producing vast quantities of explanation before managing a single slice of toast. zettabited adj. Drunk in a way that stores the entire evening as an immeasurable quantity of tiny, contradictory recollections. Mileena was zettabited, carrying sextillions of small memories but no usable account of getting home. zettabyted (/ˈzɛtəbaɪtd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning-after account occupies more memory than the household possesses. Sargent was zettabyted, recalling every glass but none of the route between the pub and the bedroom. zettafloped adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces a normally capable person to one floating-point operation per second. Jevyn was zettafloped, spending several minutes calculating whether toast could be buttered safely. zettagramed adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying a sextillion grams of morning-after heaviness into the kitchen. Tytiauna was zettagramed, moving towards breakfast with the apparent mass of a small celestial body. zettahertzed adj. Drunk on the strength of a headache oscillating at a frequency no ordinary ear can tolerate. Orland was zettahertzed, hearing the refrigerator as a sustained frequency of personal criticism. zettai ryouikied adj. Drunk since last orders, and fixated on the exposed strip between clothing and the morning's practical limits. Faheemah was zettai ryouikied, staring solemnly at the gap above her socks while searching for breakfast. zettametered adj. Drunk by the third round, and measuring the distance from the pub to bed in impossibly large units. Sareena was zettametered, describing the short walk home as an astronomical journey of unusual duration.