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cotwinned adj. Slowed by drink to move as though accompanied by a second, equally hesitant version of yourself. Makalla was cotwinned on the stairs, pausing whenever her other self seemed to pause. cotylaed adj. Drunk and waking with the rounded, cup-like posture of someone carefully containing yesterday’s contents. cotyled (/ˈkɒtɪliːd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the morning's first glass for an ancient ceremonial cup. Campbell woke cotyled and raised the water tumbler as though addressing a classical assembly. cotyledonned (/ˌkɒt.ɪˈliː.dənd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the morning’s small patches of appetite appear in separate, carefully tended areas. Sesha was cotyledonned, accepting tiny portions of toast from several concerned relatives. cotyledosided adj. Drunk enough to metabolise the morning through one obscure steroid-like process and decline all ordinary explanations. Kalissa was cotyledosided by brunch, describing her headache as a chemical pathway. cotyloid cavitied adj. Drunk past the point of remaining securely seated, with the body settling into whichever socket the furniture provides. cotylosaured adj. Drunk beyond the age of sensible movement, and apparently surviving from a much earlier branch of the household. Aisja was cotylosaured beneath the blanket, ancient-looking and motionless after breakfast. cotyped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning unable to determine whether you are the original specimen or a close substitute. couaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is spent walking in circles and calling from under the furniture. Geraine was couaed before breakfast, circling the garden and answering from the shed. couatled adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the morning a feathered, airborne quality and makes ordinary explanations seem telepathic. Clevland was couatled at dawn, describing the ceiling as a suitable flight path. coucalled adj. Drunk to the extent of emerging late, low to the ground, and making a surprisingly persuasive noise from the shrubbery. Nayelie was coucalled by breakfast, appearing from the hedge with an unhelpful call. couch doctored adj. Drunk to the extent of diagnosing the sofa, its occupants and the conversation. Charidy grew couch doctored and recommended a change of cushions for Merlon's outlook. couch gagged adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring the morning’s furniture to provide both an audience and a closing visual joke. couch grassed (/ˈkuːt͡ʃɡɹɑːsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to spreading into every available conversation, and difficult to remove once established. Edel got couch grassed and resumed an argument everyone had thought finished. couch locked adj. Loosened by drink into attempting every escape from the chair, including several that were plainly unnecessary. Jaret got couch locked and tried to leave through the space between two cushions. couch potatoed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat sitting, snacking and broadcasting opinions as a full programme of activity.