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cycad blued adj. Drunk by closing time, and fluttering from one leafy subject to another. Lekenya was cycad blued, drifting between tables whenever someone mentioned gardening. cycaded (/ˈsaɪkədd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing stoutly beneath a spreading crown of opinions. Quinden was cycaded by the third round, rooted beside the bar and branching into anecdotes. cycadeoided adj. Still drunk, and carrying on like an extinct specimen preserved beneath the pub’s ordinary conversation. Avraj remained cycadeoided, motionless in the corner while the staff stacked chairs. cycadophyted adj. Too drunk to bend, but still bearing an impressive crown of emphatic gestures. Myleene was cycadophyted and held her pint upright through considerable personal movement. cycased adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a venerable houseplant beside the nearest radiator. Suellen went cycased and spent the afternoon rooted beside the pub’s warmest wall. cycasinned adj. Having drunk enough to discover that the stomach and the nervous system now share one manager. cyced (/saɪkd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the circular kitchen seem to continue naturally around you. Sigifredo was cyced, turning slowly in the kitchen as though every cupboard formed part of one picture. cyclabilitied adj. Having drunk more than your balance can carry, yet still convinced the bicycle is practical transport. Alyssarae went cyclabilitied and discussed cycling home with the confidence of a professional. cyclacened adj. You are drunk and arranging every conversation into a neat ring around one central anecdote. Deavonte went cyclacened and brought every topic back to the same story about a kebab. cyclacillinned adj. Reduced by drink to prescribing a broad remedy for problems that plainly require different treatment. Porche became cyclacillinned and offered stout for homesickness, gout and a missing umbrella. cyclafuramided adj. Slowed by drink to inspecting the breakfast crumbs as though a particular fungicide might account for their persistence. Armelia arrived cyclafuramided, studying the mouldy toast before consenting to throw it away. cyclamated adj. Of a drinker who has sweetened the evening artificially, and now finds every exchange chemically agreeable. Kaylix got cyclamated and described the landlord’s refusal as a pleasant development. cyclamed adj. Of a drinker: bound into a large, complicated ring of pub connections from which no exit presents itself. Minh became cyclamed and somehow knew everyone at the bar by closing time. cyclamened adj. Describing a drinker who has become decorative, solitary and unexpectedly difficult to move. Madonna was cyclamened beside the window, attractive in repose and unavailable for transport. cyclamic acided adj. A drinker who has dissolved into pale, sharp conversation, with sweetness supplied only by the next round. Condol became cyclamic acided and gave the bar a crystalline account of an old grievance. cyclamided adj. A drinker so far gone that separate thoughts have bonded into one elaborate, repeating chain.