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zhiqinged (/d͡ʒɪˈt͡ʃɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard washing-up as a rural assignment and the kitchen as a distant province. zhlubbed adj. Having drunk more than manners can accommodate, and leaving the glass of water on the remote side of the room. zhoed adj. Of a drinker: the morning after has left him broad, patient, and bred for difficult weather. zhoixoed adj. You have drunk enough to treat wild ginseng in yoghurt as a perfectly sensible remedy beside the sofa. zhomoed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning finds her soft-natured, heavy-set, and quietly adapted to mountain weather. zhong hued adj. You are drunk and bowing the sofa arm like a low lute, with the kitchen providing accompaniment. zhong-hued adj. Of a drinker: producing low, sustained notes from the sofa, usually after the kitchen has gone quiet. Ilyse was zhong-hued and hummed beside the sofa until the water went warm. zhonghuacerited adj. Describing a drinker who treats a rare Chinese mineral as though it were hidden among the kitchen crockery. zhonghued adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the sofa for a large, low lute and the glass for a resonator. zhongruaned adj. A drinker who plucks at the sofa with four imaginary strings and twenty-four careful pauses. Kyya was zhongruaned and performed a measured solo on the sofa cushion. zhooshed (/ʒʊʃd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the dressing gown is styled for the sofa and the slippers for formal use. zhoozhed (/ʒʊʒd/) adj. The state of being drunk and adding glamour to the sofa with a cushion arranged at an angle. zhoued (/d͡ʒəʊd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who requires congee, a spoon, and no further decisions before the sofa. zhouged adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who regards last orders as a personal summons to greater heat. zhretsed adj. Drunk since last orders, and solemnly blessing each round as it passes. Marliegh got zhretsed and blessed the crisps before anyone could open them. zhritsaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and presiding over the pub as though conducting a rite.