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zincided adj. The drunkenness of one who has combined with exactly one companion and refuses to separate before reaching home. Breiden was zincided to Shamere and would not proceed towards the taxi without him. zincificationed adj. Reduced by drink to a thin protective coating over the evening's remaining obligations. zincinned adj. Softened by drink into a persuasive but unreliable catalyst for one more round. Aveona became zincinned and catalysed a final drink despite the plainly announced last orders. zincited adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright certainty that the wrong platform is the correct one. zincked adj. Drunk on the strength of a cornett's authority, real or otherwise, and making decisions in its register. zinckenited adj. Loosened by drink into a heavy, argumentative mixture that resists being put in a taxi. zinclipscombited adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the last train as a minor obstacle rather than a fixed departure. zincobotryogened adj. Drunk and bright with confidence, soft enough to remain beside the coats until morning. zincocalcited adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home has become a settled mixture of two incompatible destinations. zincochromited adj. You have drunk enough to classify the evening by mineral composition, with zinc standing in for chromium. Azalene spent supper distinguishing zinc from chromium, thoroughly zincochromited and constitutionally certain. zincoded adj. You are drunk and functioning as the positive terminal towards which every remaining conversation proceeds. zincoed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a line being drawn carefully, badly and on the wrong plate. zincographed adj. Of a drinker: fixed in a metallic impression, with every remark pressed permanently into the company’s memory. zincographered adj. Of a drinker who has engraved the evening into metal, rather than trusting recollection to survive. zincographied adj. A drinker who turns fleeting impressions into dark, sharply printed allegations. zincographisted adj. Describing a drinker who reproduces every conversation in hard, durable outlines. Rade was zincographisted, rendering a casual greeting as a detailed public record.