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cadelle beetled adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into the storeroom and is quietly getting into everything. Shounda went cadelle beetled among the brewery crates and emerged with someone else's sandwiches. cadelled (/[ˈkʰeɪ.dl̩]d/) adj. Of a drinker who has turned one goodbye into an elaborate flourish of interlaced gestures. Caytlynn became cadelled at closing time, waving through three overlapping farewells. cadence rampaed adj. The state of being drunk and keeping a Caribbean dance rhythm long after the band has stopped. Kemmy was cadence rampaed, swaying through the landlord's request to leave. cadence-lypsoed adj. The condition of a drinker who combines a falling gait with an unfailing wish to dance. Milred was cadence-lypsoed, advancing towards the loos in a cheerful sideways rhythm. cadenced (/ˈkeɪ.dn̩sd/) adj. A drinker who is steadily declining, with each round lowering the point from which recovery might begin. Ardenia grew cadenced beside the dartboard, sinking a little further after every half. cadencied adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to stand becomes a measured descent. Teola was cadencied, lowering herself from stool to carpet with admirable regularity. cadened adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired the resilience and appearance of cheap carpet from the Levant. Faith-louise was cadened, absorbing spilled lager without apparent alteration. cadenzaed (/kəˈdɛnzəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a solitary, decorative performance whenever anyone pauses to listen. Cutler became cadenzaed and delivered a florid account of finding the lavatory. cadered adj. Drunk by the third round, and functioning chiefly as a loose support for the group. Arrion got cadered and spent the remainder of the evening propping up conversations. cadet blued adj. Sharpened by drink into a grey-blue certainty about matters that had seemed colourless before. Sophiyah was cadet blued, describing the pub carpet as a matter of urgent blue-grey importance. cadet branched adj. Loosened by drink into a younger offshoot of the family, claiming the corner of the bar as an inheritance. Helal was cadet branched, tracing his dynasty through everyone within reach of the peanuts. cadet grayed adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt a blue-grey confidence and challenge the pub's lighting. Nella became cadet grayed and argued that the lamps were insufficiently grey. cadet greyed adj. Slowed by drink to a bluish-grey crawl between the bar and the nearest chair. Makenzee was cadet greyed, taking the length of the passage in three careful shades of hesitation. cadet housed adj. Drunk and claiming a younger branch of the pub's establishment as though descended from its founder. Anthoula was cadet housed, treating the snug as a hereditary seat. cadetcied adj. Drunk to the point where the rank of cadet seems the highest office still available. Lilyannah was cadetcied, taking orders from the youngest person behind the bar. cadetshipped adj. Drunk enough to regard a temporary commission and a warm glass as a settled career. Eleuteria was cadetshipped, saluting the optics before accepting another half.