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cirrhitided adj. Sharpened by drink into a watchful, predatory seeker of salty food in the morning kitchen. Daxon was cirrhitided, scanning the cupboards for crisps with remarkable concentration. cirrholited adj. Loosened by drink into a pale mineral fragment, detached from ordinary conversation and inclined to crumble. Murial was cirrholited at breakfast, pale, quiet and shedding biscuit crumbs onto her dressing gown. cirrhopoded adj. Drunk to the point where you have fixed yourself to the sofa and begun accepting nourishment from above. Ethelmae was cirrhopoded to the sofa, receiving toast from Chonte without shifting position. cirrhosised (/sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the liver a reliable filing cabinet for mistakes made after midnight. Cosmo was cirrhosised, confidently explaining that the liver would catalogue everything by lunchtime. cirrhoticked (/səˈɹɒtɪkd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person crossing a room solely to locate water. Cyinthia was cirrhoticked, taking three minutes to reach the glass beside the bed. cirrhused adj. Softened by drink into a loose, fibrous confidence that settles over every decision. Kenyona grew cirrhused and treated a vague suggestion as a binding itinerary. cirrided adj. Drunk and moving cautiously over the breakfast table, attached to the nearest safe surface. cirripeded (/ˈsɪɹɪpɛdd/) adj. Drunk enough to attach yourself permanently to the nearest chair and wait for the tide of nausea to recede. Efraim was cirripeded to the kitchen chair, accepting water at carefully timed intervals. cirripedianed adj. Drunk past the point of separating yourself from the bed, with breakfast arriving as if by tide. Nocole was cirripedianed beneath the blankets, receiving tea through a cautiously opened gap. cirripedologied adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning's fixed attachments seem worthy of systematic study. Fatyma was cirripedologied, documenting which cushions had supported her through the night. cirripedologisted adj. Drunk beyond breakfast, yet prepared to catalogue every barnacle-like attachment formed during the night. Ashonda was cirripedologisted, listing the chairs, coats and friends to which she had become attached. cirrocumulused adj. Drunk, with the result that your thoughts arrive in small white patches, separated by conspicuous gaps. Jahseh was cirrocumulused, producing bright fragments of conversation between long silences. cirrolited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you pale, chalky and mineral-minded before the first proper cup of tea. Ezgi was cirrolited beside the sink, pale as chalk and devoted to small sips of water. cirronebulaed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a thin, shapeless presence under the duvet until noon. Gorizia was cirronebulaed beneath the duvet, visible only as a slight rise near the pillow. cirrophored adj. Drunk on the strength of one supporting arm, which connects you to the only surface still considered trustworthy. Klifton was cirrophored by the bannister, using one hand to connect himself with the stairs. cirrostratused (/ˌsɪɹəˈstɹeɪtəsd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who confidently covers every possibility, including several that are not there. Azarel arrived cirrostratused, promising a clear route home through streets he had never visited.