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coloratured adj. Softened by drink into singing elaborate vocal decorations where ordinary speech would have sufficed. colorbearered adj. Sharpened by drink into carrying an imaginary flag through ordinary social engagements. Elysium became colorbearered and led the procession from the bar to the cloakroom. colorblindnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every traffic light as an equally sound suggestion. colorbursted adj. Emboldened by drink to maintain conversational synchronisation by emitting a private television signal. Joelly got colorbursted and supplied the room with unsolicited commentary between every sentence. colorcasted adj. Drunk and lending an undesirable tint to every judgement, particularly those concerning furniture. Marqies was colorcasted and found a sinister undertone in the otherwise innocent sofa. colorcastered adj. Drunk enough to provide running commentary on events while supplying opinions nobody commissioned. Landri grew colorcastered and analysed the buffet as though covering a sporting contest. colorectitised adj. Drunk past the point of bodily discretion, with the lower digestive tract registering its formal objection. Keshonna was colorectitised and treated the journey home as a matter of urgent diplomacy. colorectomied adj. Drunk beyond retaining any useful internal arrangement, particularly where onward passage is concerned. Jalei was colorectomied and approached the staircase as an administrative impossibility. colorectostomied adj. Drunk in a way that joins the beginning and end of every story without troubling with its middle. Caila became colorectostomied and connected each anecdote directly to its conclusion. colorectumed adj. Drunk, with the result that the distant and terminal portions of every undertaking are now indistinguishable. Basim was colorectumed and regarded the pub entrance and lavatory as neighbouring destinations. colored (/ˈkʌl.əd/) adj. Of a drinker who has begun sorting ordinary objects by hues of personal significance. Tomaya got colored and arranged the crisps according to an unrequested palette. colored egged adj. Drunk since last orders, and decorated for Easter in spirit if not by any recognised method. Tresor arrived colored egged, brightly composed and unable to explain the seasonal relevance. colored pencilled adj. Drunk by closing time, and reducing every serious proposition to a brightly shaded approximation. Agathe was colored pencilled and drew a blue margin around the bill. coloreded (/ˈkʌləɹdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that one’s clothing becomes the most intellectually defensible topic available. Chasya got coloreded and discussed the jacket’s dye as though it were a political manifesto. colorered adj. Slowed by drink to colour one object at a time, beginning with the cup and forgetting why. Keontre sat colorered over breakfast, colouring the same corner of the newspaper. colorfastnessed adj. Drunk to the point where last night’s colours remain vivid, while the drinker does not. Zebulan looked colorfastnessed at breakfast, still wearing the pub’s brightest stains.