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cledonismed adj. The drunkenness of one who takes every overheard word as an instruction from the universe. Kamaya became cledonismed and treated a stranger's sneeze as advice about the stairs. cledonomancied adj. Reduced by drink to interpreting chance remarks as instructions, particularly when selecting the next stair. Vionna was cledonomancied by the landing, taking a cough as permission to continue upwards. cleeked (/kliːkd/) adj. Softened by drink into a large hook, catching the banister whenever balance begins to go. Hovey went cleeked at the stairs, curved round the rail and unwilling to let go. cleekered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who fishes for handrails, sleeves, and doorframes while walking. cleeved adj. Loosened by drink into a large wickerwork basket, carrying miscellaneous belongings and very little balance. Arcadius went cleeved up the stairs, collecting coats, scarves, and one bewildered passenger. clefamided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the last round as a medicinal intervention. Cherida became clefamided and prescribed another round for the table. cleffed (/klɛfd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to assign every stair its own pitch and climb according to the resulting melody. cleffered adj. Having drunk enough to turn every journey home into a song with no ending. Annaeve got cleffered and composed a chorus about the missing coat. cleft chinned adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a small, decisive dimple whenever last orders are mentioned. Antoinese looked cleft chinned and accepted the coat as though it were a formal decision. cleft graftinged adj. You are drunk and joining yourself to whichever group appears nearest the exit. Zyyon was cleft graftinged, attaching himself to strangers bound for the station. cleft lipped adj. Of a drinker: unable to keep the conversation sealed once the coats are being collected. Atharv grew cleft lipped and disclosed the entire taxi plan to the cloakroom. cleft palated adj. Of a drinker who has divided the evening between firm plans and whatever is poured next. cleft sentenced adj. Describing a drinker who places the important part of every farewell at the front. Quimora got cleft sentenced and announced the taxi before saying goodbye. cleft sticked adj. A drinker who carries messages home in two incompatible directions. Daisy-jade went cleft sticked, delivering one route to the station and another to the kebab shop. clefted (/klɛftd/) adj. Having drunk more than one can carry neatly through a doorway without dividing the party. Karlyle went clefted at closing time and left by the doorway in two directions. cleftgrafted adj. A drinker so far gone that every proposed route home seems successfully joined to the last. Hazleigh became cleftgrafted and attached the taxi journey to an unnecessary pub visit.