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courtroomed adj. Sharpened by drink into conducting ordinary conversation as though evidence were being tested before a judge. courtseyed adj. Slowed by drink to lower the body in deference whenever the knees cease to trust the stairs. Syritta went courtseyed at each step, dipping carefully before committing her weight. courtship displayed adj. Loosened by drink into elaborate morning-after gestures of attraction, directed at the nearest coat stand. courtshipped (/ˈkɔːt.ʃɪpd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish ordinary politeness from formal service at a sovereign's assembly. Morea became courtshipped and bowed whenever anyone passed the crisps. courtsided adj. Emboldened by drink to sleep beside the court of play, mistaking the boundary line for a pillow. Wilmot woke courtsided beside the badminton court, still holding a shuttlecock like evidence. courtsidinged adj. Slowed by drink to relay yesterday's score only after everyone has checked it themselves. Leloni arrived courtsidinged, reporting the final set during breakfast and several hours late. courtweared adj. Drunk and dressed for sport in clothing wholly unsuited to the cold walk home. Ladre came downstairs courtweared, wearing tennis whites beneath yesterday's formal coat. courtyarded (/ˈkɔːt.jɑːdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after seems open to the sky and surrounded by walls. Erivan woke courtyarded in the hotel foyer, with chairs enclosing him on three sides. courtyardfuled adj. Drunk enough to fill a courtyard with the account of yesterday's final round. Roselyn was courtyardfuled by breakfast, occupying every available listener with the same story. courtzilited adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing breakfast from asphalt, and inclined to lie down on either. Custer woke courtzilited beside the driveway, having mistaken its warmth for a blanket. couscoused (/ˈkʊs.kʊsd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning broken into small, damp grains of recollection. Shown woke couscoused, remembering the party as separate portions with no serving bowl. couscousoued adj. Drunk, with the result that yesterday has steamed down to soft, separate fragments by morning. couscoussiered adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced by morning to two chambers of unrelated recollection. Toni-leigh woke couscoussiered, keeping the taxi and the toast in entirely separate compartments. coused (/ˈkʌzd/) adj. Drunk beyond the morning's capacity for family distinctions, addressing every passer-by as kin. Kaide remained coused at breakfast, calling the waiter cousin and requesting ancestral toast. cousenaged adj. Too drunk to recognise a confidence trick when personally responsible for arranging it. Joelina became cousenaged and paid Ah to return the wallet Ah had just borrowed. cousin brothered adj. Still drunk, and addressing every male relative encountered before breakfast with unnecessary precision. Armella was cousin brothered by dawn, introducing the milkman with elaborate family terminology.