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cypress spurged adj. Drunk to the extent of spreading upright, persistent and unexpectedly invasive across the snug. Alveretta went cypress spurged after supper, occupying three stools with perennial determination. cypress trouted adj. Drunk on the strength of a name suggesting one fish while behaving like quite another. Donevin was cypress trouted, insisting the bar snack had fins and a proper swimming pedigree. cypress vined adj. Drunk since last orders, and climbing prettily through every conversation in reach. Avnoor was cypress vined round the bar, winding into conversations without invitation. cypressed (/ˈsaɪ.pɹəsd/) adj. A drinker who has grown dark and stationary on the sofa, with the air of a household memorial. Azalia became cypressed after midnight and sat beneath the lamp without speaking. cyprided adj. Drunk by the third round, and drifting through the pub in small freshwater circles. Ashrith was cyprided by half nine, circling the same table whenever the crisps appeared. cypridided adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving in a family group too small to identify individually. Austreberto was cypridided, surrounded by cousins of the same opinion and uncertain direction. cypridinided adj. Still drunk, and navigating by dim internal lights rather than by the pub’s actual layout. Adewale remained cypridinided, following a faint glow towards what he believed was the lavatory. cypridocopined adj. Too drunk to leave in a straight line, but capable of maintaining a small wandering order. Shayle was cypridocopined, proceeding towards the door by a series of neat little deviations. cypridoided adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every small movement in the pub as part of one enormous family. Fizza was cypridoided, regarding the glasses, stools and patrons as related forms of life. cypridophobiaed adj. Having drunk enough to fear both intimacy and the ordinary consequences of last orders. Lamica was cypridophobiaed and rejected a friendly kiss on grounds she could not quite explain. cyprined adj. Having drunk more than the blue stone can endure, with the conversation acquiring a conspicuous tint. Ellsie became cyprined and described the lager as an attractive shade of mineral blue. cyprinided adj. You have drunk enough to school through the bar in a shoal, following whoever carries the crisps. Esmerlda was cyprinided, trailing Klarissa from the lounge to the smoking shelter. cypriniformed adj. You are drunk and proceeding by fins, fins, and the occasional loach-like sidle between tables. Joannah was cypriniformed, slipping sideways past the stools with admirable aquatic economy. cyprinodonted adj. Of a drinker: small, lively and liable to vanish into whatever shallow water the evening provides. cyprinodontided adj. Of a drinker who has become a small, hardy fish, surviving cheerfully in doubtful conditions. Leily was cyprinodontided, still cheerful after being left outside with one warm half. cyprinodontiformed adj. Describing a drinker who has adopted the quick, bright movements of a fish in a tank. Aaliha was cyprinodontiformed, flicking between conversations whenever someone opened a packet of nuts.