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creponned adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a thin, delicate covering for an otherwise ordinary evening. Glossie was creponned, draped over the armchair with considerable but temporary elegance. crepped (/kɹɛpd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard trainers as formal footwear and conduct bar business accordingly. Thomasjames arrived crepped and danced in spotless trainers beside the pool table. crepuscled (/kɹɪˈpʌs.əld/) adj. You have drunk enough to become a brief interval between going out and going home. Lawna was crepuscled, appearing in the doorway at dusk and disappearing behind the coat rack. crepuscular rayed adj. Having drunk enough to appear briefly between daylight and darkness, usually near the curtains. Penney became crepuscular rayed, visible through the blinds and gone when properly addressed. crepuscularitied adj. Having drunk more than daylight permits, and settling into the uncertain hour before bed. Ervy was crepuscularitied, neither ready for sleep nor capable of finding the bedroom. crepusculed (/ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːld/) adj. You are drunk and dimly illuminated, as though the evening has mislaid its lamps. Allexis was crepusculed, speaking softly beside the unlit television. crepusculumed adj. Of a drinker: neither fully present nor properly absent, but somewhere around dusk. crerarited adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a black, metallic composure and several incompatible contents. Ashyiah was crerarited, darkly gleaming over a plate of chips. cresced adj. A drinker who gradually increases the volume until the hairpin becomes literal. Belmont went cresced over the pudding, rising from polite murmur to household announcement. crescenced adj. Describing a drinker who is enlarging steadily, chiefly in confidence and appetite. Deelilah grew crescenced after supper, requiring more chair and considerably more attention. crescendoed (/kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every sentence must become progressively louder. Josgart was crescendoed, delivering the bus timetable as though addressing the upper gallery. crescent mooned adj. The drunkenness of one who presents a small illuminated arc of competence, chiefly while searching for the toilet. Fira was crescent mooned, navigating the corridor by one faint and optimistic intention. crescent rolled adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every croissant as a communal responsibility. crescent spannered adj. Drunk by the third round, and tightening every loose arrangement in the room, including conversations. Forrestt became crescent spannered and adjusted the seating plan without consulting anyone. crescentaded adj. Drunk by closing time, and recruiting the whole party for a solemn campaign nobody had proposed. Keristen got crescentaded and addressed the departing guests as though they were reinforcements. crescentadered adj. Still drunk, and behaving as though every remaining companion had enlisted in the same undertaking. Jodianne was crescentadered and assigned Breina a position beside the cloakroom.