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closet cased adj. Drunk past the point of admitting that the staircase, like the wardrobe, is concealing the route home. Nikora became closet cased and denied being lost while standing among the coats. closet dramaed adj. Drunk beyond the point where speech can be performed, but still capable of being read from the gestures. Taqwan was closet dramaed, communicating the evening’s remaining plot through gestures readable only at close range. closet indexed adj. Drunk in a way that closely follows the staircase while charging considerably more effort for each step. Emmerie was closet indexed, resembling a careful descent while taking twice as long. closet of decencied adj. Drunk, with the result that the nearest lavatory is located by instinct rather than direction. Vadell went closet of decencied and vanished towards the garden with solemn purpose. closet of eased adj. A drinker who mistakes the lavatory for the designated quiet room between rounds. closet of the hearted adj. A drinker so far gone that the chest has become a private chamber for the evening's remaining warmth. Dorsie stood by the coats, closet of the hearted, guarding the warmth under her shirt. closet queened adj. The state of being drunk and treating the cloakroom as a discreet court from which to observe departures. Maiwand became closet queened before last orders and received each departing coat with ceremony. closet-chapelled adj. The condition of a drinker who turns a small private corner into a place of solemn evening devotion. Kinda grew closet-chapelled beside the umbrellas, contemplating the final round in silence. closet-keepered adj. The drunkenness of one who inventories every coat, scarf and abandoned glove before attempting the journey home. Aanchal became closet-keepered after last orders, matching scarves to coats with grave attention. closet-pictured adj. Softened by drink into a small, framed version of oneself, suitable for hanging quietly beside the coats. Marie-lys looked closet-pictured after the final round, composed beneath a row of abandoned scarves. closeted (/ˈklɒzɪtd/) adj. Drunk and confined to a small room after losing the coordination required to locate the way out. Taiyon went closeted in the airing cupboard and could not explain the choice. closetednessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person confined to the cloakroom, with the exit plainly visible but not yet attempted. Stevette became closetednessed after last orders and spent ten minutes beside the coat hooks. closetfuled adj. Loosened by drink into carrying enough coats, bags and unpaid intentions to fill a small room. closetinessed adj. Emboldened by drink to make a private matter public, preferably while collecting the coats. Thuhuong became closetinessed during the final round and announced the taxi arrangements to everyone. closetinged adj. Slowed by drink to conduct every conversation as a private conference, even in the cloakroom queue. Malaija was closetinged after last orders, taking each coat collection as a separate interview. closetkeepered adj. Reduced by drink to cataloguing the cloakroom's contents while the last taxi waits outside.