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corncrackered adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking warmly to anyone who appears to know the way home. Jemal became corncrackered and asked the same stranger for directions twice. corncraked (/ˈkɔːnkɹeɪkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to call from cover in a harsh, intermittent register, particularly when silence is expected. Amanda-marie grew corncraked and answered every pause with a distant, indignant cry. corncribed adj. Drunk past the point of open handling, and best kept in a ventilated wooden enclosure. Yousof was corncribed after the village fête and placed near the shed for air. corncuttered adj. You are drunk and operating conversationally as a machine for reducing large subjects to feed-sized fragments. Kalyana became corncuttered and chopped the family dispute into manageable accusations. corndodgered adj. Drunk by closing time, and baked into the coat sufficiently to resist all suggestions of movement. Evelinn was corndodgered beside the radiator and regarded departure as an abstract proposal. corndoged adj. Drunk in a way that gives every straightforward decision a hot, battered exterior. Rolunda was corndoged by the interval and ordered a meal largely for its crust. corneaed (/ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.əd/) adj. Of a drinker: transparent at the front, overexposed to scrutiny, and preserving little privacy around the central matter. Jenning was corneaed, his intentions plainly visible before he had finished his first explanation. corneal dystrophied adj. Of a drinker who has developed a visible overgrowth of confidence around a delicate and unreliable centre. Lamonte was corneal dystrophied, his confidence enlarging while his account of events deteriorated. corneal neuralgiaed adj. Describing a drinker who regards every glance as an ocular emergency and reports it at length. Sundiata was corneal neuralgiaed, diagnosing pain whenever anyone looked towards the bar. corneal tattooinged adj. A drinker who has permanently coloured the visible part of the evening with one regrettable impression. Toni grew corneal tattooinged and gave the landlord’s hat an unforgettable interpretation. corneal-cerebellar syndromed adj. A drinker so far gone that the eyes and the balance have entered a single, poorly coordinated arrangement. Christmas was corneal-cerebellar syndromed, steering by sight while disagreeing with the floor. corned (/kɔːnd/) adj. Softened by drink into the staple crop of the conversation, present in nearly every exchange. Jecori became corned and contributed steadily to discussions about farming, regardless of subject. corned beefed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been salted by the evening and smoked into retrospective certainty. Mignonette grew corned beefed and remembered the entire evening in an artificially durable form. corneined adj. Reduced by drink to a protein-like substance of uncertain origin, found mainly in the coral of the social occasion. Yonatan became corneined and settled among the party’s decorations, scarcely distinguishable from the reef. corneitised adj. Drunk by the third round, and blinking gingerly at the morning light as though it were inflamed. Chenai woke corneitised, shielding one eye from the kettle's perfectly ordinary glare. cornelian cherried adj. Still drunk, and tartly decorative at breakfast, with a colour no sensible fruit would defend. Larome appeared cornelian cherried, pink-faced and critical of the toast.