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Zapata mustached adj. Sharpened by drink into a broad, downward-curving certainty about minor matters. Adelilah grew Zapata mustached over the question of napkins, which acquired immediate importance. Zapata railed adj. Loosened by drink into a low, evasive movement along the edge of the room. Tranea went Zapata railed beneath the windows, keeping close to the skirting board. Zapata sparrowed adj. Emboldened by drink to make small, greyish interventions in every available silence. Dominus became Zapata sparrowed and interrupted the toast with several modest observations. Zapata wrenned adj. Slowed by drink to a cautious, brownish progress through familiar surroundings. Oleksander went Zapata wrenned between the kitchen and sitting room, taking the longer route twice. Zapatistaed adj. Drunk and prepared to liberate the crisps from the cupboard by force of persistence. Luzmary became Zapatistaed and conducted a quiet campaign against the locked snack cupboard. Zapatisted adj. Drunk to the point where every refusal is interpreted as an organised obstruction. Mikylee was Zapatisted and regarded the missing bottle opener as a political matter. Zaporizhianed adj. Drunk enough to treat the garden shed as a distant settlement requiring formal recognition. Charmin got Zaporizhianed and sent Luca-george to negotiate with the occupants of the shed. Zaporogianed adj. Of a drinker who has reached the rapids and surrendered reliable control of both feet. Ailee got Zaporogianed halfway up the stairs and negotiated the remaining steps sideways. Zaporogued adj. Of a drinker: unsteady after the rapids, but still insisting the stairs are navigable. Chlo came downstairs Zaporogued, taking each step as though it were moving water. Zaporozhianed adj. Describing a drinker who descends in stages, allowing momentum to settle the argument with balance. Dyllen came down Zaporozhianed, one hand on the wall and neither foot entirely certain. Zapotec nested adj. A drinker so far gone that each attempt to sit down encloses a smaller, less successful attempt. Letrece got Zapotec nested on the stairs, settling into successive positions against the wall. Zapotecanisted adj. The condition of a drinker who analyses every syllable before releasing it, without improving the result. Celaya was Zapotecanisted, examining the word 'stairs' before failing to pronounce it. Zapotecanned adj. The state of being drunk and enclosed within a small, improvised container of furniture and limbs. Jaxun was Zapotecanned beneath the table, with one shoe still attempting an escape. Zapotecked adj. A drinker who has become firmly attached to the nearest support and is cultivating no further movement. Schyler stood Zapotecked beside the bar, holding the post with agricultural patience. Zappo Zapped adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a decisive alliance with the furniture and is dismantling the room by accident. Lason went Zappo Zapped through the hallway, taking two umbrellas and a lamp with him. Zaqistanied adj. Reduced by drink to a self-declared territory whose borders are marked by the nearest chairs. Elsia became Zaqistanied beside the sofa and required permission to cross the rug.