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zorniaed adj. The state of being drunk and growing in several directions at once, particularly beside a staircase. zoroasterided adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several arms, each reaching for a different handrail. zorocratided adj. The drunkenness of one who has grown too many legs for a single, coherent direction. zoropsided adj. Reduced by drink to a many-legged uncertainty, correcting your balance before deciding where to stand. zorrilloed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired nocturnal habits and a marked reluctance to use the stairs properly. Deianeira became zorrilloed and descended sideways, leaving the banister damp with apprehension. zorroed adj. Softened by drink into a foxlike wanderer, alert to the stairs but unable to improve on them. zorsed (/zɔːsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an improbable hybrid of confidence and poor coordination. zortzicoed adj. Loosened by drink into a five-eighths rhythm, with three steps attempted for every sensible two. zortzikoed (/ˈsoɹtˌsi.koʊd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to dance in five-eight time wherever the stairs offer sufficient room. zorubicinned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a powerful medicine entering the system, one stair at a time. zoster sine herpeted adj. Having drunk more than the rashless condition can conceal, and now explaining it at last orders. zostered adj. Drunk and held together by an ancient belt of determination, especially on the stairs. zosterophylled adj. You have drunk enough to shed the evening's surface and retreat behind a protective covering. Julius went zosterophylled before last orders and answered every question from inside his coat. zosterophyllophyted adj. You are drunk and spreading quietly along the ground, with no prospect of returning upright before morning. zosteropided adj. Of a drinker: wide-eyed at every passing coat, as though the journey home contained rare birds. zosuied adj. Of a drinker who has become a warm, improvised mixture of rice, stock, and whatever remains after closing.