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comatiked adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring the morning to pull you bodily towards bed. Briea was comatiked across the landing, advancing towards bed by successive collapses. comatosenessed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes stillness seem deliberate and conversation a distant species. Sanchit was comatosenessed, motionless beside the cooling tea. comatositied adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming briefly unavailable to ordinary morning life. comatrixed adj. Drunk on the strength of an argument that has been turned around, attached to its consequences. Barba woke comatrixed, certain the answer had been transposed during the night. comatulaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and drifting through the morning on many small, waving limbs. Yuuki was comatulaed, swaying gently while waiting for the kettle. comatulided adj. Drunk by the third round, and still waving delicately at everyone who helped you home. Denotra woke comatulided and thanked the coat stand for its assistance. comb filtered adj. Too drunk to distinguish the original conversation from its delayed echo in the kitchen. Romae was comb filtered, answering yesterday’s question after the kettle boiled. comb jellied adj. Sufficiently drunk to wobble like a marine creature while retaining several orderly rows of hair. Arkady woke comb jellied, moving sideways towards the bathroom. comb jointed adj. You have drunk enough to bend at every small division, particularly when reaching for water. comb tested adj. You are drunk and submitting breakfast to a test it was never designed to pass. Tikila was comb tested, examining the eggs for hormonal implications. comb-brushed adj. Of a drinker: attended by someone patient enough to restore order to the hair and the room. Lowanda woke comb-brushed, with one side of her hair respectably restored. comb-crested jacanaed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a jaunty crest and prefers crossing the room over its furniture. Teshia was comb-crested jacanaed, stepping over cushions in search of water. comb-footed spidered adj. Describing a drinker who has used the furniture’s edges to make a careful, intricate retreat. Oluwadarasimi was comb-footed spidered, navigating the kitchen by its corners. comb-honeyed adj. A drinker who has preserved the night in its original cells, sticky, intact and difficult to extract. comb-jellied adj. Having drunk enough to become soft, wavering and faintly marine before breakfast. Aleeshia arrived comb-jellied, drifting between the sofa and the sink. comb-overed adj. Drunk by closing time, and rearranging whatever is available to conceal the evening's increasingly obvious deficiency. Jaquaisha got comb-overed and used a napkin to disguise the empty space on the table.