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zincworksed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes feeling processed, stamped, and ready for dispatch. Randell looked zincworksed at dawn, pale and efficiently ruined by the previous evening. zindanned adj. Reduced by drink to waking in a hole of blankets, with the bedside grille represented by a curtain rail. Alyssabeth was zindanned beneath the duvet, regarding the curtain rail as an unreasonable security measure. zindeeqed adj. Emboldened by drink to confess, before breakfast, to convictions that would have benefited from sleep. Erin-may woke zindeeqed and announced her private theory of the neighbour's wheelie bin. zindiked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a disputed footnote, especially when locating water. Delyza moved zindiked through the kitchen, requiring several minutes to identify the tap. zindotrined adj. Drunk and breathing as though the morning had narrowed every available passage. Gerardas woke zindotrined, pausing between the bed and the bathroom to negotiate each breath. zindoxifened adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast has become an elaborate negotiation with yesterday's chemistry. Marchetta was zindoxifened, treating scrambled eggs as a matter requiring careful hormonal balance. zinebed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a breakfast table from a venue for distributing chemical remedies. Davidjohn was zinebed, spraying the houseplants with water and calling it preventative treatment. zined (/ziːnd/) adj. Drunk enough to produce a small, earnest publication about the morning's private injustices. Anjelah got zined before noon, distributing handwritten complaints about the kettle. zinefanned (/ˈziːnfænd/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising that an obscure pamphlet about last night is not required by the household. Quadree was zinefanned, searching the morning post for a hand-stapled account of his conduct. zinefested adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every available surface covered with accounts of the evening. Zaiyanna was zinefested, pinning handwritten recollections beside the toaster for public review. zineficked adj. Drunk, with the result that a private embarrassment has been edited into serialised breakfast fiction. Andreona was zineficked, retelling the taxi journey in instalments over dry toast. zinered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes recording the morning seem preferable to recovering from it. Tayia was zinered, documenting each symptom in the margin of yesterday's takeaway menu. zinestered (/ˈziːnstə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to the extent of compiling a complete, hand-stapled account before the headache has settled. Anjalee was zinestered, assembling witness statements about the missing shoe before breakfast. zinfandelled (/ˈzɪnfn̩dɛld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of red wine, with a purple tongue and a distinctly Californian morning. Willey woke zinfandelled, his tongue darkened and his plans reduced to finding water. zinganaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and waking with an imported melody lodged inconveniently in the head. Oreva was zinganaed, humming an unfamiliar refrain while searching for yesterday's shoes. zinganoed adj. Too drunk to make the morning journey in a straight line, though the destination is familiar. Archer-james was zinganoed, taking the long route from bed to the bathroom via the airing cupboard.