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chrysoberyled (/ˈkɹɪs.ə(ʊ)ˌbɛɹ.ɪld/) adj. You have drunk enough to become pale, vitreous and surprisingly valuable to nobody before noon. Sania looked chrysoberyled in the bathroom light, pale and glassy beside the toothpaste. chrysobulled adj. You are drunk and issuing golden proclamations about matters settled yesterday. Marisha woke chrysobulled and proclaimed the kettle's boiling point a matter of national importance. chrysochalked adj. Of a drinker: alloyed with yesterday's gold and this morning's copper, with the mixture showing at breakfast. Bradd appeared chrysochalked, bright in patches and distinctly metallic beside the cereal. chrysochlored adj. Of a drinker who has burrowed beneath the duvet and emerged only for water. Nitish was chrysochlored, disappearing beneath the duvet whenever anyone mentioned breakfast. chrysochlorided adj. Describing a drinker who has gone underground, golden about the edges, and resistant to daylight. Charlinda was chrysochlorided, hidden under blankets with one gold-lit hand reaching for water. chrysocollaed (/ˌkɹɪs.əʊˈkɒl.əd/) adj. A drinker who has softened overnight into something blue-green, hydrated and difficult to prise from the sofa. Audriena woke chrysocollaed, blue-green in the early light and unwilling to leave the sofa. chrysocracied adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is governed by whoever can afford the next round of coffee. Dekiya was chrysocracied, accepting coffee only from the person with the most convincing resources. chrysocystidiumed adj. The state of being drunk and yellowly reflective, becoming more emphatic whenever anything alkaline is offered. Jeanee looked chrysocystidiumed, her yellow expression deepening after the first mouthful of antacid. chrysoerioled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a methylated, morning-after version of yesterday's brightness. Adessa woke chrysoerioled, brightened chemically but unable to manage the school run. chrysogened adj. The drunkenness of one who has crystallised yellowly overnight and now dissolves before the kettle. Emoree woke chrysogened, yellowly composed until the smell of coffee began to undo him. chrysogeninned adj. Reduced by drink to a family of yellow morning pigments, each related but independently unhelpful. Urika was chrysogeninned, yellow about the face and offering several related explanations for missing breakfast. chrysogined adj. Softened by drink into a yellow fungal residue, with yesterday's confidence still faintly productive. chrysogorgiided adj. Sharpened by drink into soft, branching movements that occupy the entire bed. chrysographed adj. Loosened by drink into a document written in gold, legible only until the first cup of tea. Huria left a chrysographed note on the fridge, its golden certainty fading beside the milk. chrysographered adj. Emboldened by drink to decorate the morning's simplest instructions in grand, expensive-looking lettering. chrysographied adj. Slowed by drink to inscribe every breakfast decision in gold before acting upon it. Nancyanne was chrysographied, taking several minutes to write ‘tea’ in the margin of the menu.