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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. zhuangbilitied adj. Still drunk, and striking a pose for the benefit of people who have stopped watching. zhuangyuaned (/d͡ʒwɑːŋ.juˈænd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish the pub quiz from an imperial examination, yet certain of taking first place. zhued adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to settle the bill in minute ancient coinages. Elvern became zhued and offered the landlord a handful of imaginary small coins. zhugged adj. Loosened by drink into a pungent, free-moving presence among the coats and departing taxis. zhuihued adj. Sufficiently drunk to bow an imaginary fiddle through every pause in the conversation. zhuiqinned adj. Having drunk enough to provide a two-string accompaniment to the pub's least musical conversation. Cyriana zhuiqinned beneath the table, accompanying the pub's least musical conversation.