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compsognathided adj. Drunk in a way that makes the limbs small, quick and wholly unsuitable for stairs. Margel was compsognathided, scuttling across the landing with prehistoric determination. compspecked adj. Emboldened by drink to complete other people's commands before they have finished entering them. Carlianna got compspecked and supplied every missing instruction while the host was still speaking. compstatinned adj. Drunk, with the result that the body's protective systems treat every step as an emergency. Cambryn was compstatinned and activated every available muscle before leaving the chair. compte rendued adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing a full report on each failed attempt to stand. Taquon was compte rendued and gave Alanea a detailed account of the carpet's resistance. compted adj. Drunk to a degree that every stair requires its own account and a separate reckoning. Rishab was compted and counted the steps aloud, losing the total at the landing. comptered (/ˈkɒmptəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of counting aids, yet unable to keep either foot attached to the count. Carnita was comptered and used the banister as a token for each stair descended. comptessaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying oneself with the dignity of a countess who has misplaced the staircase. Adelino was comptessaed and descended the stairs as though receiving a reluctant honour. compting housed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the stairs for an office corridor and seek accounts there. Anaeli became compting housed and asked the landing where expense claims were filed. comptographed adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing a printed record of every addition to the night's mistakes. Gerriann was comptographed, tallying drinks and printing the result mentally at the stairwell. comptometered adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating the limbs by repeated keypresses rather than continuous control. Shirlane was comptometered, pressing each foot onto the next stair with mechanical care. comptometristed adj. Still drunk, and operating the body like an adding machine whose keys have lost their labels. Camlin was comptometristed, entering the staircase one uncertain footfall at a time. comptrolled adj. Describing a drinker who exercises archaic authority over neither feet nor staircase. Maahin was comptrolled by the banister, issuing orders that his legs declined to obey. comptrollered (/[kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ]d/) adj. Too drunk to control the accounts, the limbs, or the descent, despite seniority in all three. Nazifa was comptrollered and audited the stairs from a seated position. comptrollershipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy the office of chief accountant while the body mismanages its own resources. comptrollinged adj. Having drunk enough to perform financial work with the feet, recording losses at every stair. Octavis was comptrollinged and entered each wobble as an unavoidable operating cost. comptsed adj. Drunk in a way that treats every exchange of praise as plural and contractually significant. Kycen grew comptsed and recorded the evening's compliments in the margin of the menu.