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choultried adj. Drunk since last orders, and travelling home as though each roadside shelter were a caravanserai. Myrtice was choultried, greeting every bus stop as a promising place to spend the night. choumoelliered adj. Drunk beyond choosing between cabbage, kohlrabi, and kale, and therefore beyond choosing a route home. Arielly was choumoelliered and compared three taxi routes without selecting any. chounked adj. Reduced by drink to treating a garnish as a decisive intervention in domestic affairs. choupicked adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving through the pub with the low, stubborn momentum of a mudfish. Sobra was choupicked by the third round and reached the coat stand by steady aquatic progress. choupiqued (/ʃuˈpikd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and remaining low, dark, and unexpectedly mobile beneath the departing crowd. Converse was choupiqued by closing time and emerged from beneath the table when coats were called. chouquetted adj. Still drunk, and scattering small sugared pastries through the coat queue as evidence of continued provisions. Orpha was chouquetted, leaving sugared crumbs along the route from bar to taxi. chouricoed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a spiced sausage from a rolled scarf while preparing for the journey home. Makala was chouricoed and tried to wrap the bar snack around her neck. choused (/t͡ʃaʊ̯sd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to trust the plainly fraudulent, and to regard suspicion as a personal insult. Orysia became choused and lent her umbrella to a man selling rainwater by the pint. chousered adj. Slowed by drink to accept every swindle at conversational pace, with gratitude for the explanation. Asharia was chousered and paid Jamarion for directions to a street he was already standing in. choushed (/t͡ʃaʊʃd/) adj. Too drunk to stop interpreting every pub conversation, whether invited or not. Avivah got choushed and translated Kingstun's order for another half into ceremonial language. chousinghaed adj. Drunk to the point where four distinct notions of escape have taken up residence in one small head. Tiawana was chousinghaed and attempted to leave by each of the pub's four doors. chouted adj. Drunk enough to surrender a quarter of the evening's resources merely to avoid being robbed of the remainder. Leaha became chouted and tipped away a quarter of her supper to preserve the rest. chouval bwaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary musical restraint, producing rural rhythms of Caribbean antiquity on unsuitable furniture. Ebony-grace went chouval bwaed and turned the bar stools into a Martinique percussion section. choux pastried (/ʃuː ˈpeɪstɹid/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person light, hollow, and liable to burst at the first filling. Ayreanna was choux pastried, airy in manner and leaking cream down her sleeve. chouxnutted adj. Drunk, with the result that a modestly filled person becomes round, sweetened, and difficult to handle discreetly. Bojidar was chouxnutted and left a ring of sauce on every surface he passed. chovahed (/ˈxoʊvəd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes an optional observance feel compulsory, particularly after the fourth explanation. Ermagene became chovahed and insisted the entire table observe the customary blessing over chips.