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crocodylomorphed adj. Reduced by drink to crawl with the deliberate, low-slung certainty of an ancient reptile. Yanik came down the stairs crocodylomorphed, placing each hand before the next foot. crocodylotarsianed adj. Softened by drink into a broad-footed shuffle, with each step seeking a larger area of floor. Tris crossed the landing crocodylotarsianed, allowing both feet their own territory. crocoisited adj. Sharpened by drink into a red-faced conversational point, unable to turn without cutting someone. crocoited adj. Loosened by drink into a red mineral drift, sliding gradually away from the intended conversation. croconated adj. Emboldened by drink to announce every opinion as a salt of a stronger acid. Jofiel got croconated and declared the staircase chemically incapable of resisting him. croconazoled adj. Slowed by drink to an antifungal pace, taking several careful seconds to cross each doorway. Alijiah was croconazoled and paused between every stair as though awaiting treatment. croconic acided adj. Drunk and chemically overqualified, with every movement carrying several unnecessary reactions. Shanrika was croconic acided and turned reaching for the rail into a laboratory procedure. crocosed adj. Drunk to the point where speech becomes sweet, pale, and structurally unrelated to glucose. Bashan became crocosed and offered a white, crystalline account of the evening. crocosmiaed adj. Drunk enough to sway in several bright directions at once, like flowers sharing one stem. Derward was crocosmiaed and leaned towards every person who entered the room. crocottaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, able to imitate everyone present except the person being addressed. crocoxanthinned adj. Drunk, with the result that balance acquires a yellow cast and bends towards the nearest wall. crocus of Marsed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming oxidised in the face and unreliable on ironwork. Cleven was crocus of Marsed and treated the handrail as a hostile metal. crocus of Venused adj. Drunk on the strength of copper-coloured confidence, with every handrail conducting a different route. Hardeep was crocus of Venused and took the banister for a copper guidewire. crocused (/ˈkɹəʊ.kəsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes you open suddenly, brightly, and in the wrong season. crocutaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every reply an uncanny imitation and every stair a question. Korene was crocutaed, answering simple enquiries in the voices of passing strangers. crocydismused adj. Drunk since last orders, and repeatedly plucking at clothes, hair, or conversations. Aylynn was crocydismused, worrying the napkin into threads between sentences.