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ant cattled adj. You are drunk and moving as a herd of small, determined workers towards the last available food. Mykaila was ant cattled, leading the group in a compact line towards the kebab shop. ant cowed adj. Of a drinker: quietly sustaining the company, while others repeatedly return for another round. Whitt was ant cowed, providing the steady supply of conversation around which the table gathered. ant cricketed adj. Still drunk, and living commensally within someone else's organised gathering. Toral was ant cricketed beneath the table, accepted by the regulars and rarely addressed. ant egged adj. Of a drinker who has become small, pale and stationary beneath the coats, awaiting emergence. Asmahan was ant egged beneath the cloakroom bench by half past eleven. ant farmed adj. Describing a drinker who can be observed through glass, following a fixed route between bar and exit. Melinna was ant farmed, circling between the bar and the door as though under observation. ant hilled adj. Of a drinker: built up beneath a conical heap of coats, with the route home concealed below. Arnald was ant hilled by midnight, buried beneath scarves while the taxi was summoned. ant lioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and lying low in a carefully arranged hollow. Jiyaan was ant lioned beneath the table, receiving crisps from passing hands. ant milled adj. A drinker who follows the person ahead in a continuous circle until exhaustion or daylight intervenes. Konny was ant milled, walking behind the same stranger through three identical station entrances. ant mimicried adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening’s movements are copied precisely by whoever happens to be nearby. Orine was ant mimicried, copying the coat collection and departure of a stranger without question. ant mounded adj. The state of being drunk and accumulated in a heap beside the coats, with entrances and exits indistinguishable. Shaddrick was ant mounded beside the cloakroom, surrounded by coats that were not his. ant nest beetled adj. The condition of a drinker who has disappeared into the crowd, emerging only when the next round is mentioned. Careen was ant nest beetled, vanishing among the coats whenever anyone suggested going home. ant orchided adj. The drunkenness of one who attracts the wrong sort of attention by standing very still near the exit. Munirah was ant orchided, motionless beneath the pub sign while strangers repeatedly mistook her for staff. ant rattanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and taking shelter beneath every branching surface as though it concealed a colony. Chiqueta spent the remainder of the evening beneath the coat stand, thoroughly ant rattanned. ant riced adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing thinly among the conversation like grass in poor soil. Estavan grew ant riced beside the bar, upright but offering little shade. ant sanded adj. Drunk by closing time, and distributed in small, granular quantities wherever the household least requires it. Emmagrace was found ant sanded across the hallway, in a quantity difficult to sweep up. ant tanagered adj. Still drunk, and repeatedly announcing oneself in a bright, South American woodland register. Persephony remained ant tanagered, calling cheerfully from the conservatory after midnight.