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cribled adj. Still drunk, and sifting the morning into finer and coarser portions without knowing which is which. Naderge remained cribled over tea, separating last night into fragments of uncertain quality. cribmated adj. Having drunk more than your companion, and requiring the same protective arrangement as an infant by dawn. Rihonna was cribmated on the sofa, while Lindalee defended the remaining blanket. criboed adj. You have drunk enough to move through the morning like a long, dark snake seeking shade. cribrationed adj. You are drunk and sifting the morning, retaining the finer recollections and discarding the coarser ones. Clarendon remained cribrationed, recalling the garnish but not the route home. cribrellumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to keep drawing out fine threads of explanation from the holes left by the evening. Maryloup was cribrellumed, teasing a remarkably fine account from a very coarse memory. cribricyathed adj. Of a drinker: curled into a small, porous remnant of yourself, absorbing tea without apparent improvement. Nayomi sat cribricyathed beside the kettle, taking in tea and giving out nothing. cribriform plated adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a sieve-like head, allowing coffee through but little else. cribriformitied adj. Describing a drinker who has become porous to sound, light and the more unnecessary details of yesterday. Yudelca was cribriformitied by morning, admitting sunlight and refusing all useful information. cribrilinided adj. A drinker who has built a delicate, many-ribbed shelter around the remnants of the evening. Tyrika sat cribrilinided beneath a folded coat, guarded by an elaborate arrangement of cushions. cribrostatinned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is treated as an antibacterial intervention rather than a continuation. Drin was cribrostatinned, taking water and toast as though prescribing them to the evening. cribsheeted adj. A drinker who has reduced domestic arrangements to one fitted rectangle and several unanswerable instructions. cribsided adj. The state of being drunk and stationed beside the bed, awaiting a recovery that remains theoretical. Zyree was cribsided at ten, guarding the bed while declining to enter it. cribwalled adj. The drunkenness of one who braces the body with furniture, then mistakes the arrangement for balance. Macarthur was cribwalled against the stair rail, apparently stabilising the whole house. cribworked adj. The condition of a drinker who has constructed a substantial framework of blankets, cushions and reasons for remaining still. Glinda was cribworked by morning, supported on every side by bedding and plausible excuses. cricetided (/kɹɪˈsɛtɪdd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a small, nocturnal rodent, active only when searching for crumbs and water. Aysa remained cricetided, making brief expeditions between the bed and the kettle. crichtonited adj. Softened by drink into a composite mineral of incompatible elements, each contributing to the morning's weight. Ansil woke crichtonited, containing equal parts headache, regret and an unexplained mineral heaviness.