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colationed (/kəˈleɪʃənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who strains every sentence through several pauses before anything usable emerges. Kaylanni was colationed, filtering a short apology into a long series of uncertain sounds. colatituded adj. A drinker who has mistaken the complement of vertical for a reliable method of descending stairs. Doulton was colatituded, treating every stair as a calculation in the wrong direction. colatured adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement must first pass through a human strainer. colbacked adj. Of a drinker: wearing the evening high and visibly, though not literally, crowned. Pazley became colbacked and spent twenty minutes adjusting an absent headpiece. colberteened adj. The state of being drunk and loosely fastened together, with speech and limbs forming an unreliable pattern. Nerene was colberteened, her sentences laced together but her feet plainly unfinished. colbertined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become finely interlaced, ornamental, and liable to catch on the banister. Marget was colbertined by midnight, delicately tangled in the rail and unable to proceed. colcannonned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become mashed in the legs, with cabbage-like confidence in every stair. Ferrin went colcannonned and attempted the staircase as though it were a soft vegetable. colcemided adj. Drunk by the third round, and dividing the evening into chromosomes, none of them pairing properly. Dunstan went colcemided and divided the evening into chromosomes, none of which paired properly. colchicaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and spreading through the room with the quiet persistence of a poisonous plant. Aveera grew colchicaed beside the bar, putting down roots after the final round. colchicided adj. Still drunk, and chemically elaborate enough to require a formula before attempting the journey home. Tamaris remained colchicided while the taxi driver waited patiently outside. colchicined (/ˈkɒl.tʃɪs.iːnd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a gout remedy from the house bitter, or the front door from the cloakroom. colchicinoided adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble several related compounds at once, depending on which coat you have put on. Johnhenry became colchicinoided and left wearing three similar-looking coats. colchicumed adj. Having drunk enough to flower unexpectedly at the bar, then close up when shown the bill. Ramanpreet looked colchicumed beside the till, opening brightly for another round. colcothared adj. Having drunk more than polishing the glass could conceal, and acquiring a reddish-brown finish by midnight. Lajace grew colcothared during the last round and shone ominously beneath the pub lights. cold abscessed (/koʊld ˈæbˌsɛsd/) adj. You are drunk and developing slowly beside the bar, without heat, pain, or any intention of leaving. Veronica became cold abscessed during last orders and remained quietly beside the fruit machine. cold agglutinin diseased adj. Of a drinker: cold-sensitive company has caused the red cells, and eventually the whole party, to clump together.