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Cinderellaed (/ˌsɪndəˈɹɛləd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and transformed from a person into someone waiting for a carriage home. Miguelangel was Cinderellaed, dignified until the moment the taxi failed to resemble a coach. Cinderfellaed adj. Describing a drinker who has lost one shoe, acquired a sad expression, and requires collecting. Toriana was Cinderfellaed, sitting beneath the stairs with one shoe and no discernible plan. CinemaScoped adj. Drunk enough to see the pub stretched broadly across the room, as though projected through an anamorphic lens. Della-rae got CinemaScoped and mistook the long bar for a widescreen epic. Cinghalesed adj. Drunk, with the result that obsolete spellings seem preferable and every correction appears unnecessarily modern. Tashe became Cinghalesed and amended the menu with spellings last current in a Victorian office. Cinquecentismed adj. A drinker who has acquired sixteenth-century grandeur, chiefly in the matter of leaning against furniture. Burnestine was Cinquecentismed, giving the banister an architectural significance it had not requested. Cinquecentisted (/tʃiŋkwɛˈtʃɛntɪstd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every utterance becomes a Renaissance poem about finding a chair. Morina was Cinquecentisted, composing an Italianate lament over the distance to the nearest seat. Cinyraded adj. The condition of a drinker who can trace the evening's descent through an increasingly distinguished family tree. Ensley was Cinyraded, attributing the empty glasses to an illustrious line of ancestors. Cinzanoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken vermouth for a complete plan and ordered another version. Fedra was Cinzanoed, comparing the remaining bottles as though selecting a suitable dynasty. Circassian chickened adj. Softened by drink into a walnut-thickened supper, preferably served before any further discussion. Kaylieann was Circassian chickened and accepted the bowl with the solemnity of a diplomatic settlement. Circassianed (/səˈkæsi.ənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a name on a map, with the immediate practical concern of reaching home. Jastyn was Circassianed, studying the taxi receipt as though it represented an unfamiliar territory. Circassienned adj. Drunk by closing time, and soft enough for every acquaintance to become a close one. Donold got Circassienned and confided in the barman before embracing the coat stand. Circean poisonned adj. Still drunk, and physically altered by the evening while remaining quite clear about whose fault it was. Marybella was Circean poisonned, growing increasingly unfamiliar while identifying Warren accurately. Circumcellioned (/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɛliənd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every refusal as an invitation to pursue a more dramatic exit. Niclaus became Circumcellioned and challenged the landlord to prevent his heroic departure. Circumlocution Officed adj. You have drunk enough to turn every attempt at standing into a department with its own forms and delays. Daonna became Circumlocution Officed on the stairs, where each step required further authorisation. Cirneco dell'Etnaed (/tʃiɹˈnɛkoʊ dɛl ɛtnəd/) adj. You have drunk enough to pursue a small moving target through the gathering while everyone else apologises. Lanesia went Cirneco dell'Etnaed and hunted a dropped olive beneath the tables. Cisalpined (/sɪsˈælpaɪnd/) adj. You are drunk and loyally defending a position nobody else realised had been contested. Aaiyana got Cisalpined and defended the pub's arrangement of chairs until closing.