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columbiformed adj. Drunk and bobbing forward in short, dignified movements that achieve little altitude. Aasir went columbiformed down the passage, nodding with each careful, ineffective step. columbined (/ˈkɒləmbaɪnd/) adj. Drunk enough to acquire spurs on every sentence and flowers in the balance. Alburn was columbined, punctuating each word with a sudden flourish of the elbows. columbinic acided adj. You are drunk and lingering over the last round like a fatty acid awaiting the journey home. Jeymi was columbinic acided, discussing the final round with unusual chemical patience. columbinned adj. Drunk to the point where every spoken sentence is white, bitter, and crystalline. columbited adj. Of a drinker: blackened by the late rounds and valuable chiefly when someone finally extracts him. Miichael was columbited by last orders and had to be mined from the corner seat. columbiumed adj. Describing a drinker who has become obsolete before the coats have been collected. Mallik was columbiumed by last orders and no longer recognised the current arrangement of the evening. columboed adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes severity for efficacy and orders accordingly. Nadiah became columboed and selected the harshest drink as though it were treatment. columed adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing across the room with the solemn gait of a common crane. Isrrael became columed near the fireplace, lifting each knee with unnecessary ornithological dignity. columella nasied adj. The state of being drunk and divided down the middle about whether to leave or order another round. Sesario was columella nasied between the taxi rank and the bar, unable to choose a side. columellaed (/ˌkɒləˈmɛləd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the whole journey home depends on one narrow upright certainty. Sanford was columellaed, holding the doorframe while the others arranged his route home. columelled adj. A drinker who has made a small upright support of the coat stand and refuses to move. Johnia was columelled beside the coats, supporting the entire departure with one shoulder. columelloplastied adj. The condition of a drinker who has had the evening's internal alignment corrected by a carefully placed shoulder. Raemi was columelloplastied by the doorman and sent towards the taxi without further adjustment. column densitied adj. Reduced by drink to a measured accumulation of person, coat and unfinished round per square metre. Darena was column densitied in the doorway, where coats and departing drinkers had reached maximum concentration. column echelon formed adj. Softened by drink into staggered rows, each departing coat slightly lower than the one before. column inched adj. Sharpened by drink into one precise inch of pub space, vigorously defended as a seat. Aleatra was column inched, defending precisely one inch of sofa as allocated pub space. column shiftered adj. Loosened by drink into changing direction whenever the coat stand or taxi rank appears. Lorilyn was column shiftered, selecting gears at random between the bar and the cloakroom.