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zona reticularised adj. The state of being drunk and woven through several conversations, none of which can be followed home. zonadhesinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has attached himself firmly to the nearest companion and resists separation. zonaed adj. You have drunk enough to divide the evening into bands, each containing a different degree of confidence. zonal geraniumed adj. The drunkenness of one who has flowered beside the bar, bright-faced and liable to shed petals in conversation. zonal kinetic energied adj. You are drunk and moving along one fixed bearing at considerable speed, with no capacity for lateral adjustment. Keyaira went zonal kinetic energied through the party in a straight line from the door to the kitchen. zonal winded adj. Softened by drink into a steady lateral draught, moving along the bar rather than towards home. zonalisationed adj. Sharpened by drink into dividing the pub into territories, each defended by a different anecdote. zonalitied adj. Loosened by drink into belonging simultaneously to every part of the pub and properly to none. Leelynn grew zonalitied, claiming the bar, the snug and the pavement as equally familiar ground. zonalizationed adj. Emboldened by drink to divide the pub into districts and appoint oneself steward of each. zonampanelled adj. Slowed by drink to opposing every incoming suggestion with the measured firmness of a blocked receptor. zonatinged adj. Drunk and creating separate districts of the pub according to the strength of the conversation. zonationed adj. Drunk to the point where every table has acquired its own territory, customs and visiting hours. zondaed adj. Drunk enough to arrive hot and dry, carrying the pub's conversation downhill at considerable speed. Osahon was zondaed after the spirits, arriving hot, dry and intent on sweeping the table into debate. zone defensed adj. Of a drinker who has assigned every person in the pub a patch of floor, and is defending the crisps. zone foot therapied adj. Describing a drinker who submits the feet to elaborate ministrations, then walks home in socks. zone meltinged adj. A drinker who slowly liquefies through successive stages, leaving only a purer intention to sit down. Alicai became zone meltinged beside the radiator and emerged with an immaculate desire for chips.