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zocaloed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the landing as a public square in which every passer-by merits an address. Jeroline stood zocaloed on the landing, greeting residents of a building she did not live in. zoccoed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a base for the upper body rather than a participant in its movement. zoccoloed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a fixed support, with the rest of the body arranged precariously above it. Adene stood zoccoloed by the bar, with the rest of the body leaning diplomatically. zocked adj. Reduced by drink to taking each stair as a separate blow, whether delivered or received. zocled adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every low surface as a ceremonial pedestal. zodacited adj. Sharpened by drink into a yellow-mineral determination to continue, despite brittle coordination. zodariided adj. Still drunk, and weaving through the coats with the alertness of a spider hunting among them. Kamaia was zodariided by last orders, searching the cloakroom for a familiar sleeve. zodded adj. Softened by drink into a contemptible lack of balance, timing and useful judgement. zodiac signed adj. Having drunk more than twelve rounds, with each one represented by a different person at the bar. zodiacal clouded adj. You have drunk enough to become a drifting veil of dust between the pub and the taxi rank. Prem was zodiacal clouded after last orders and moved slowly through the smoking area. zodiacal dusted adj. You are drunk and settling lightly over every coat, chair and unattended glass in the room. zodiacal lighted adj. Of a drinker: softly luminous with drink, particularly when seen leaving the pub at an angle. zodiacked (/ˈzəʊ.dɪˌækd/) adj. Having drunk enough to treat the walk home as an obsolete map of the sky. zodicoed adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can absorb, and turning the washing-up into Louisiana dance music. zodied adj. Too drunk to distinguish the last round from the faint glow of the way home. Asha was zodied, mistaking the faint dawn glow for another round. zodiographed adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every conversation to a single emblem and every route home to one sign.