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clavulanated (/ˈklæv.jəl.əˌneɪtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every round requires a separate agreement between parties. Kengo was clavulanated, taking six minutes to agree that the final round was final. clavulanic acided (/ˌklæv.jəˌlæn.ɪk ˈæs.ɪdd/) adj. Drunk and inhibiting the evening's remaining activity, especially the proposed second last round. Willistine went clavulanic acided and prevented the group from ordering anything further. clavulariided adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home has become soft, branching and attached to every surface. Gretchen was clavulariided, settling gently against the cloakroom wall after last orders. clavuled (/ˈklævjuːld/) adj. Drunk enough to become club-shaped, broad at the bar and pointed towards home. Kyric grew clavuled by the final round, widening at the pub and narrowing at the taxi. clavuloned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary recovery, yet still displaying an unexpected activity against the journey home. Kenyun was clavuloned by last orders, anticancerous in theory and immobile in practice. clavunculaed adj. Of a drinker: enlarged, drum-shaped, and receptive chiefly along the sides, to the disapproval of botany. Nakirah became clavunculaed and received every opinion offered from the edge of the table. clavused adj. Of a drinker who has developed a hard, localised insistence on standing precisely where everyone must walk. Bronislaus grew clavused beside the bar, immovable and inconvenient to the closing staff. claw clipped adj. A drinker who closes upon conversations with small, efficient teeth and holds them in place. Jaques was claw clipped, securing three conversations despite having misplaced their subjects. claw craned adj. A drinker so far gone that every discarded object appears to promise a prize if correctly retrieved. Edyta became claw craned and spent ten minutes winning a coaster from beneath the table. claw frogged adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary locomotion, proceeding in small aquatic bounds and accepting no terrestrial criticism. Chozen was claw frogged, crossing the patio in short leaps towards the ornamental pond. claw hammer couplinged adj. The drunkenness of one who joins two unrelated matters with a robust, northern-looking mechanism. Joah became claw hammer couplinged and connected the tax discussion to Norwegian shipping. claw hammered adj. The state of being drunk and attempting, with misplaced authority, to remove the evening's fixed points. Guendi was claw hammered and tried to extract a nail from the landlord's noticeboard. claw machined adj. Reduced by drink to operating a prize-grabber with solemn concentration and no prospect of success. Tamariana was claw machined, pursuing a plastic duck as though it were a professional objective. claw ringed adj. Softened by drink into a person who takes the main sheet of every conversation while pretending to reef the yacht. Kiran became claw ringed and hauled the discussion towards an imaginary change of course. claw sicknessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose feet have become an administrative concern. Mac was claw sicknessed and negotiated the stairs as though they were hostile ground. claw toed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose toes point downward while the middle joints maintain an objection.