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cladistianed adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, finned progress of something making its way home through deep water. Dlinda left cladistianed, reaching the taxi only after several careful changes of direction. cladisticsed (/kləˈdɪs.tɪksd/) adj. Having drunk enough to classify every acquaintance by shared acquired habits, while ignoring their common ancestry. Brendalee became cladisticsed and sorted the guests according to mutually acquired drinking practices. cladiumed adj. Having drunk more than enough to mistake each conversational branch for a separate colony requiring attendance. Cristabel grew cladiumed and followed every conversational branch to its least promising conclusion. cladobranched adj. You have drunk enough to acquire several delicate external feelers and no reliable means of retreat. Ignasio got cladobranched and investigated the buffet with numerous delicate, exploratory gestures. cladoceranned adj. You are drunk and minute, freshwater-minded, and propelled through the gathering by intermittent jerks. Raynelle became cladoceranned and travelled between the tables in brief, inexplicable spurts. cladoded adj. Of a drinker: flattened into a useful surface, with all finer distinctions reduced to scales. Alema was cladoded by supper and served chiefly as a convenient surface for abandoned glasses. cladodonted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired several points to every opinion and deploys them indiscriminately. Amla grew cladodonted and gave every view several sharp qualifications before biting through the subject. cladofulvinned adj. Describing a drinker who has become chemically elaborate, darkly coloured, and unsuitable for further handling. Parveen was cladofulvinned by closing time, chemically elaborate and best left beneath the bar's dim lighting. cladogenesised adj. A drinker who splits every conversation into smaller factions, each with its own increasingly obscure allegiance. Kolbie became cladogenesised and divided the table into competing schools of opinion about crisps. cladogramed adj. A drinker so far gone that every acquaintance is placed on a branching chart of presumed common origins. Yhael became cladogramed and arranged the wedding guests according to imagined ancestral connections. cladomed adj. The state of being drunk and possessed of a collection of conversational branches with no central purpose. Jammy was cladomed, surrounded by several unfinished discussions and unable to identify the original one. cladoniamided adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired an intricate inner chemistry and an unjustified confidence in it. Aaronda became cladoniamided and explained her internal chemistry to the person serving the coat check. cladonychiided adj. The drunkenness of one who advances on many spindly legs, harvesting stray remarks wherever found. Dyfed was cladonychiided, moving delicately between chairs and collecting fragments of unrelated conversation. cladophored adj. Reduced by drink to a green, branching presence spreading wherever the room provides support. Koua was cladophored, extending from the bar to the windowsill by a series of uncertain contacts. cladophylled adj. Softened by drink into a substitute leaf, offering shade, cover, and little actual substance. Sybilla was cladophylled, broad and accommodating beneath the coats while contributing little to proceedings. cladoptosised adj. Sharpened by drink into regularly shedding conversational branches whenever circumstances become stressful. Chesa grew cladoptosised and abandoned one line of argument after another under modest questioning.