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count-downed adj. Drunk since last orders, and descending in fixed stages towards an event of uncertain arrival. Cheng was count-downed, marking each stair as though the hallway were preparing for launch. count-offed adj. You have drunk enough to begin counting aloud, lose your place, and continue from a different number with equal authority. Reinard started count-offed at the top of the steps, reached seven, and restarted from three without comment. count-upped adj. Reduced by drink to announcing rising totals without establishing what, precisely, is increasing. Codera became count-upped and reported seventeen pints, though only three belonged to the table. countabilitied (/kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.tid/) adj. You are drunk and treating everything nearby as though it could be counted. countable additivitied adj. Drunk past the point of keeping separate measures separate, adding every wobble into one total. Trelan got countable additivitied and treated each stumble as part of the same journey. countable nouned adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing one named object from another, especially when both are moving underfoot. Jereline became countable nouned and called every stair a chair before sitting on one. countable setted adj. Drunk in a way that groups the stairs into manageable sets, none of which is completed. Rossalind got countable setted and divided the staircase into flights of one step. countabled (/ˈkaʊn.tə.bəld/) adj. Drunk enough to count every stair aloud, then lose count at the landing. Pypper got countabled and restarted the staircase tally twice before reaching the first floor. countablenessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement can be counted, provided someone else does the counting. Jaici was countablenessed, with each attempt at the doorway plainly numbered by the barman. countbacked adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the winner on the stairs the person who fell least recently. Glennie was countbacked, claiming the landing after a review of earlier balance failures. countdomed adj. Drunk to the extent of claiming the staircase as personal territory and ruling it from the middle. Ervena became countdomed and issued decrees from the third stair. countdowned (/ˈkaʊntˌdaʊnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and counting backwards to the stairs as though they were a launch. counted (/kaʊntd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and tallying the same glasses with diminishing confidence. Bunia was counted, carefully adding the empties and omitting the one in his hand. counted cross-stitched adj. Drunk by closing time, and crossing the room in small, repeated movements that never quite join up. Karan got counted cross-stitched and traversed the carpet in a pattern of tiny diagonals. countednessed adj. Still drunk, and visibly keeping track of every failed attempt to stand straight. Khyren remained countednessed, with each sway recorded by the patient person beside them. countenanced (/[kæũ̯n.tɪ̆.nəns]d/) adj. Too drunk to keep the face aligned with the conversation, or the conversation aligned with reality. Tessica became countenanced and addressed the mirror with three entirely different expressions.