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Cornelia de Lange syndromed adj. Sharpened by drink into a compact, bushy-browed authority on matters nobody had brought before the meeting. Canek became Cornelia de Lange syndromed and interrogated the table about its collective intentions. Cornelius kegged adj. Loosened by drink into a pressurised reservoir of premixed opinions, ready to dispense them without a tap. Analilia went Cornelius kegged and supplied the wedding party with an endless, unsolicited commentary. Cornell boxed adj. Emboldened by drink to illuminate the room theatrically, while assuming observers can distinguish rendering from reality. Marcellous became Cornell boxed and repositioned every lamp so the argument would photograph accurately. Cornell notesed adj. The state of being drunk and waking with questions, annotations and a summary of events nobody can verify. Eliberto was Cornell notesed, dividing the breakfast paper into three columns before finding a pen. Cornellianed adj. Drunk and treating every companion as a fellow alumnus, regardless of institution, age or objection. Aleeta became Cornellianed and asked the taxi driver which college had shaped his career. Cornhuskered adj. Drunk to the point where every loose husk, wrapper and paper fibre acquires urgent personal significance. Ebubekir went Cornhuskered and spent the interval separating crumbs from the tablecloth. Cornish Rexed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary grooming, with companions obliged to smooth the conversation's short, wavering ripples. Clida went Cornish Rexed and curled beneath the coat stand while friends negotiated her departure. Cornish boilered adj. Drunk beyond safe pressure, with one large internal flue and a roomful of people awaiting release. Raylinn went Cornish boilered and vented a long account of the landlord to everyone within range. Cornish diamonded adj. Drunk in a way that makes one person sparkle under attention while everyone else quietly handles the consequences. Flavian became Cornish diamonded and dazzled the table with a crystalline account of his taxi route. Cornish elmed adj. Drunk, with the result that one person grows rigid, narrow and unexpectedly difficult for the gathering to pass. Ellsey went Cornish elmed and stood upright in the doorway, refusing all proposed routes home. Cornish engined adj. A drinker who rises and descends with the dependable heaviness of a mine pump. Zafar spent the evening rising for another round and descending heavily into his chair, Cornish engined. Cornish fairinged adj. A drinker so far gone that a ginger biscuit seems a sufficient supper. Davies became Cornish fairinged and ate biscuits over the sink without further discussion. Cornish game henned adj. The state of being drunk and presented whole, rather than in any recognisable working order. Sena arrived Cornish game henned and was placed whole on the spare bed. Cornish hedged adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a substantial arrangement of stones, earth and silence. Shannelle was Cornish hedged beside the garden wall, damp but apparently content. Cornish henned adj. The drunkenness of one who has folded in on himself and is best left intact. Anchor was Cornish henned by ten, folded neatly into the corner of the sofa. Cornish hurlinged adj. Reduced by drink to throwing a small object across the room with misplaced civic purpose. Kiontae became Cornish hurlinged and sent a bottle top towards the mantelpiece.