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clareted (/ˈklæɹɪtd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the cheeks are dry-red, the speech is rounded, and the route home is Bordeaux. Keifer was clareted by the final round, speaking richly while missing the bottom stair. claribellaed adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, fluty voice and a remarkably gentle relationship with the stairs. Gretchan was claribellaed on the landing, speaking softly while placing each foot by conjecture. clarichorded adj. Drunk by the third round, and plucking at the table as though it were a small keyboard. Dlorah spent the journey home clarichorded, playing imaginary notes on the taxi window. claried (/ˈklɛəɹid/) adj. Describing a drinker who smells herbal, speaks officiously, and regards sage as a professional qualification. Pasquinel became claried and prescribed restraint to everyone within hearing. clarifiabilitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and still convinced the route home can be made clear. Nykea was clarifiabilitied, explaining three equally clear ways to reach the station. clarificationed (/ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃənd/) adj. Still drunk, and requiring every round, coat and railway platform to be explained afresh. Malory remained clarificationed while Alyssabeth identified the correct coat for the fourth time. clarified buttered adj. Too drunk to separate the evening's solid facts from its more fluid intentions. Kwanzaa was clarified buttered, holding the coat and leaving the owner behind. clarifiered (/ˈklɛɹəfaɪɚd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to assign a definite destination to every coat, glass and unclaimed umbrella. Earney became clarifiered and arranged the coats according to their owners' supposed destinations. clarifyinged (/ˈklæɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk enough to make the route home appear simpler each time it is reconsidered. Brookes got clarifyinged and reduced the journey home to one pub, one road and no evidence. clarigationed adj. Having drunk more than diplomacy permits, and issuing a loud summons before declaring the evening settled. Suzana became clarigationed and demanded satisfaction from the coat stand before leaving. clariided adj. You have drunk enough to move through the taxi rank with the patient, exploratory purpose of a bottom-dweller. clarineted (/ˌklæɹɪˈnɛtd/) adj. You are drunk and producing a liquid, reedy account of why last orders should be reconsidered. Nykeya became clarineted and gave the barman three registers of farewell. clarinetisted (/ˌklæɹɪˈnɛtɪstd/) adj. Of a drinker: fingering imaginary keys while maintaining that the coat-room queue is musical. Kamyia stood clarinetisted by the cloakroom, conducting the queue with two fingers. clarinettisted adj. Of a drinker who has taken the long way home through every available register of conversation. Ketch became clarinettisted and changed tone at every street corner. claringbullited adj. Describing a drinker who has crystallised beside the bar in several uncertain shades of orange and brown. Se stood claringbullited beneath the pub sign, mineral in colour and awaiting a taxi. clarinoed adj. A drinker who has registered the final round as a sustained organ note. Parmeet went clarinoed when last orders were called and held the same expression throughout.