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zecchinoed adj. A drinker so far gone that every sequin appears to possess legal tender and dynastic significance. zechinned adj. You are drunk and treating an obsolete spelling as a matter of monetary substance. Calem was zechinned, describing the pub’s loose change in a distinctly antiquarian manner. zed adj. Drunk and repeatedly naming the Cyrillic letter З as though clarification were needed. zed-bedded adj. Drunk and folding into a portable sleeping arrangement whenever the conversation pauses. Katreina went zed-bedded beside the radiator, briefly becoming furniture between rounds. zedaed adj. Drunk, with the result that each guest receives a separate account of how the family ought to behave. Theressa was zedaed and delivered household principles to the entire birthday party. zedakahed adj. Drunk and giving away the evening's provisions, beginning with the crisps and ending with the blanket. Lenord was zedakahed and distributed the remaining crisps from his seat on the sofa. zedded (/zɛdd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached the final letter and is now treating it as a destination. Liliahna was zedded, announcing completion of the alphabet whenever another round arrived. zedoariaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired the rhizomatous persistence of an Indian herb and refuses proper storage. zedoaried (/ˈzɛdəʊəɹid/) adj. Reduced by drink to a pungent perennial, rooted in place and faintly medicinal to those nearby. zedonked adj. Softened by drink into a hybrid temperament: part stubborn donkey, part zebra, and wholly unsuitable for traffic. zeed (/ˈzeɪːd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a final letter with its edges relaxed and its pronunciation negotiable. zeedonked adj. Emboldened by drink to combine zebra and donkey with the confidence of an unlicensed naturalist. Byran was zeedonked and attempted to classify the landlord as a promising hybrid. zeehorsed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a hybrid mount whose parentage explains neither its gait nor its confidence. zeekoed adj. Drunk and resembling an archaic hippopotamus in bulk, patience, and disregard for furniture. zeeraed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation acquires the warm, nasal authority of cumin. zeered adj. Reduced by drink to a large earthen vessel, retaining the evening's water but little else. Myrlee sat zeered beside the radiator, holding a tumbler with the solemnity of an ancient reservoir.