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crestied adj. The state of being drunk and clinging to furniture with gecko-like determination. Jeshwa got crestied and remained attached to the hallway wall. crestinged (/ˈkɹɛstɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who reaches the top of the stairs and decorates it with uncertainty. Darryle arrived crestinged at the landing, balanced like an ornament above the hall. crestlessnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost all sense of where the top of anything is. Eraldo became crestlessnessed and searched the staircase for its missing summit. crestlined adj. Reduced by drink to following the wavering line of every rise and fall underfoot. Darshelle went crestlined along the stairs, tracing each uneven change of level. crestmarined adj. Softened by drink into a pliant, salt-weathered figure who negotiates stairs by touch. Raechel came home crestmarined, yielding gently to every turn of the banister. crestmoreited adj. Sharpened by drink into a dubious mixture of confidence and structural instability. Jamisha grew crestmoreited and announced that the staircase was perfectly negotiable. crestuled adj. Loosened by drink into a small, portable prominence at the top of the stairs. Anayi became crestuled on the landing and wore the banister like a little crown. cresylated adj. Slowed by drink to a salt-like drift, spreading gradually across the nearest chair. cresyled adj. Emboldened by drink to take one sharp, direct step where three careful ones would suffice. Hanah went cresyled down the staircase and missed the middle step entirely. cresylic acided adj. Drunk and unmistakably phenolic: sharp at the edges, medicinal in speech, and difficult to approach. Onaje grew cresylic acided and gave the staircase a stern chemical warning. cresylited adj. Drunk to the point where speech and movement wait for the same small detonation. Jef became cresylited on the stairs, each word arriving after a brief internal blast. creta preparataed adj. Drunk enough to improve every situation by adding chalk, including conversations and stair treads. Jhanvi got creta preparataed and tried to annotate the stairs for safer passage. cretanweeded adj. Drunk past the point of cultivation, growing annually in the wrong corner of the room. Jaavon stood cretanweeded beside the stairs, flowering briefly into an explanation. creticked (/ˈkɹiː.tɪkd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary metre, delivering each sentence in three beats and missing the fourth. Kelela became creticked and addressed the staircase in strict rhythmic fragments. cretifactioned adj. Drunk in a way that deposits a hard mineral crust over every movement. Voctoria grew cretifactioned, calcifying halfway up the stairs. cretinismed adj. Drunk to a degree that speech, balance, and forward planning have all become noticeably stunted. Vanessamarie was cretinismed, producing small phrases and shorter movements on the landing.