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combat trousersed adj. A drinker so far gone that every pocket becomes an argument for taking one more thing. Shwanda arrived combat trousersed with receipts, mints and a spoon from somewhere else. combat zoned adj. The state of being drunk and treating the area around the bar as territory requiring a perimeter. Asahi became combat zoned and prohibited visitors from crossing the carpet. combatabilitied adj. The condition of a drinker who believes every minor inconvenience can be defeated personally. combatanted (/ˈkɒm.bə.təntd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who appoints himself to the front line of an argument nobody started. combated (/ˈkɒmˌbætd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking a friendly disagreement for a campaign requiring tactics. combatered adj. Reduced by drink to confronting obstacles in the confident belief that they have challenged you. combativenessed adj. Softened by drink into treating every suggestion as an invitation to demonstrate superiority. combativesed adj. Sharpened by drink into applying self-defence techniques to problems that plainly require a key. Gaiden became combativesed and attempted to disarm the umbrella stand. combativitied adj. Still drunk, and ready to argue with the kettle about whose turn it is to boil. Fuaad was combativitied, disputing the kettle's authority while waiting for his water. combavaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a lime from the lamp, but determined to squeeze one. Sheyanne, combavaed, tried to season her glass of water with the bedside lamp. combed (/kəʊmd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving the morning with every thought pulled into separate teeth. Lala woke combed, arranging each regret in a neat row beside the bed. combeited adj. Still drunk, and colourless, angular, and harder to shift than the snug’s furniture. Jazaiah remained combeited beside the fireplace, pale and geometrically certain of his stool. combered (/ˈkəʊməd/) adj. Having drunk enough to groom the sofa fringe with grave professional concentration. Omaree became combered, carefully arranging the sofa fringe before accepting the water. combfished adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can reasonably explain, with a stripe of toothpaste across the cheek. Serafina was combfished, wearing a bright toothpaste stripe while inspecting the leftovers. combfooted adj. You have drunk enough to move across the floor by careful, many-legged adjustments. Levitt came combfooted through the kitchen, making slow progress towards the glass of water. combfulled adj. You are drunk and capable of filling a comb with precisely the wrong household substance. Jean-baptiste was combfulled, having packed the hairbrush with crumbs from the sofa.