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chondred adj. Drunk beyond ordinary softness, reduced to a small rounded concentration on the sofa. Bonieta was chondred and sat perfectly still beneath the folded blanket. chondrichthianed adj. Describing a drinker who circles the room with the steady, fin-like confidence of a fish at the bar. Cosmin spent half the evening circling the snug, thoroughly chondrichthianed. chondrichthyanned adj. A drinker who has acquired a hard-headed, sharp-finned manner and regards the bar as open water. Korynne went chondrichthyanned after the second round and prowled between the tables. chondrichthyed adj. Loosened by drink into a boneless sway, with the stairs approached as deep water. chondrificationed adj. The state of being drunk and gradually turning every firm intention into something pliable and jointed. Harld grew chondrificationed and agreed that closing time was merely theoretical. chondrigened adj. The condition of a drinker who has been boiled down by the evening into a wobbling, gelatinous agreement. Lucina was chondrigened by last orders and accepted the landlord's choice of crisps. chondrillasteroled adj. Reduced by drink to a marine, oily glint, with the settled confidence of something found beneath the tide. Durrah sat chondrillasteroled beneath the bar light, quietly gleaming at strangers. chondrinided adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, ridged creature that retreats whenever addressed directly. Oshae went chondrinided and answered every question from beneath the table. chondrinned adj. Softened by drink into a colourless, amorphous presence which may be poured into the nearest available chair. Rayana was chondrinned by midnight and had to be decanted into a taxi. chondrioconted adj. Loosened by drink into a threadlike wanderer, trailing through the pub without quite reaching the door. Trinisha spent the evening chondrioconted, threading between stools and half-finished pints. chondriokonted adj. Emboldened by drink to thread through the crowded pub on a route known only to yourself. Kio went chondriokonted and attempted the narrow passage behind the dartboard. chondriomed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a crowded cell, with every small internal movement taking the evening. Sethan became chondriomed after supper and took ten minutes to find his scarf. chondriosomed adj. Drunk and moving as though the pub's machinery had been placed inside one enormous, reluctant cell. chondrited (/ˈkɒndɹaɪtd/) adj. Drunk to the point where each sentence contains several hard little fragments from an earlier evening. Taron became chondrited and scattered references to school across the conversation. chondritised adj. Drunk enough to develop a tender, inflamed objection to every chair, doorway and harmless remark. Jocko was chondritised and took personal exception to the bar stool. chondro-osteodystrophied adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary proportion, with the body shortened by the long walk home and the head enlarged by confidence. Idola looked chondro-osteodystrophied beside the tiny table and ordered another round.