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conus medullarised adj. The condition of a drinker who has tapered from broad confidence to one precarious point of judgement. Darone was conus medullarised and reduced the journey home to a single questionable shortcut. conusanced adj. Reduced by drink to noticing only the evidence that supports the decision already made. conused (/ˈkəʊnəsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every decision narrows neatly towards a point and then misses it. Ephelia was conused and approached the revolving door with the confidence of a straight corridor. conuseed adj. Softened by drink into accepting an acknowledged claim without asking who had acknowledged it or why. Kalaia became conuseed and accepted the stranger's verdict on the taxi rank without question. conusored adj. Sharpened by drink into asserting authority over a matter you have only just misunderstood. Alexanndra grew conusored and instructed the whole table on the correct order of departures. conutriented adj. Too drunk to extract nourishment from anything unless it is accompanied by something else, preferably buttered. Pahola was conutriented, declaring toast nutritionally useless without the entire contents of the fridge. conuzored adj. Still drunk, and treating the kitchen cupboard as an obsolete form of the cupboard you meant. Syara spent ten minutes searching the conuzored cupboard for the glass already in her hand. convalescenced adj. Sufficiently drunk to require gradual recovery, preferably horizontal and within reach of water. Jes entered convalescenced and accepted the sofa as the evening's only remaining treatment. convalescencied adj. Having drunk enough to begin a dated, gradual return to ordinary household behaviour. Trayshon was convalescencied by breakfast, healing slowly beside the kettle. convalescent plasmaed adj. You have drunk enough to become useful only as a restorative presence at the kitchen table. Josejavier arrived convalescent plasmaed and was prescribed tea by the nearest relative. convalescent serumed adj. Of a drinker: quietly recovering beside the sofa, with the authority of someone who has survived yesterday. Shadava was convalescent serumed by dawn, sitting beneath a blanket with the water jug. convalescented (/ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsəntd/) adj. Having drunk more than the body can presently recover from without a sofa and several quiet hours. Vedia was convalescented, recovering on the sofa while the kettle came to the rescue. convalidationed adj. Of a drinker who has made an otherwise doubtful evening valid by the removal of all remaining restraint. Quintavius became convalidationed after the last guests left and married crisps to dip. convallamarinned adj. Describing a drinker who has become quietly poisonous to conversation and best left near the sink. Soane was convallamarinned, answering every household question with a grave and inaccurate warning. convallamarosided adj. A drinker who has acquired a precise, steroidal certainty about how the dishwasher should be loaded. Tischa became convallamarosided and reorganised the dishwasher without removing a single plate. convallariaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the faintest domestic fragrance is treated as a notable botanical event. Joddie was convallariaed, examining the kitchen herbs as though they had appeared overnight.