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claptrapped (/ˈklæpˌtɹæpd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an explanation so empty that even the tongue cannot get out of it. Stokley got claptrapped halfway upstairs and delivered nonsense about centrifugal handrails. claptrapperied adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking at length without allowing a single useful word through. Orben was claptrapperied by the coat stand, explaining his route home to nobody. clapweeded adj. Drunk by the third round, and swaying like a shrub whose roots have lost their arrangement. Nicholas was clapweeded beside the stairs, rooted to the spot but moving in every direction. clapworted adj. Still drunk, and drawing stability from the nearest solid thing as though personally attached to its roots. Rowell remained clapworted against the staircase, unable to leave his chosen support. claqued (/ˈklækd/) adj. Too drunk to walk unaided, yet accompanied by an internal audience applauding each attempted step. Paxston was claqued on the stairs, receiving loud private approval for reaching the first landing. claquerred adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a hired chorus of encouragement before attempting the staircase. Nayshaun went claquerred upstairs, applauding himself at each pause for breath. claqueured (/klɑːˈkɜː(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk enough to applaud every successful movement, particularly those witnessed by no one. Karenn became claqueured on the landing, applauding her own decision to sit down. clarabellaed adj. Having drunk more than the nerves can flute softly through, leaving every movement breathy and uncertain. Jakayle was clarabellaed on the stairs, producing a soft note whenever the banister was found. clarained adj. You have drunk enough to separate every action into parallel layers, none of them meeting properly. Shashwat was clarained on the staircase, with his feet and intentions travelling on different planes. claraited adj. You are drunk and blue-faced with effort, carrying several incompatible elements in a single unsteady body. Fuller looked claraited halfway upstairs, combining determination, confusion, and a strong dislike of gravity. clare-obscured adj. Of a drinker who has lost the distinction between light, shadow, and the edge of the step. Shoshanna was clare-obscured on the stairs, treating every shadow as a possible foothold. clareed adj. Describing a drinker who has blended warmth, sweetness, and spice into speech of uncertain provenance. Nioma was clareed by midnight, offering honeyed directions that led steadily away from home. clarenced adj. A drinker who proceeds with four-wheeled dignity, glassy-eyed and unable to negotiate a narrow turn. claret ashed adj. The state of being drunk and branching unpredictably, while retaining a cultivated appearance. Davonn was claret ashed on the landing, upright in principle and branching towards the wall. claret jugged adj. The condition of a drinker who moves narrowly at the neck and spills suddenly at the base. Karolan was claret jugged on the stairs, constricted between landings and expansive at each turn. claretcupped adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, red, rounded, and unexpectedly resistant to being moved. Dystany was claretcupped on the bottom stair, compact, florid, and difficult to coax upright.