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calcarinaed adj. Drunk and following one deep groove of thought wherever it leads, usually back to the same round. Aquavia was calcarinaed, tracing the same argument from the darts board to the door. calcarinided adj. Drunk to the point where every explanation gathers a hard little centre and several surrounding holes. Ercole became calcarinided, punctuating each story with dense, unexplained pauses. calcarinited adj. Softened by drink into a person whose thoughts have become loose grains in an old stone wall. Alexa grew calcarinited after the bitter, each sentence crumbling before its conclusion. calcarosoled adj. Drunk enough to become an arid interior landscape, needing a pint of water and offering no shade. Khrystyne was calcarosoled after the sunniest table and three dry ciders. calcationed adj. Drunk past the point of walking normally, and now trampling every social distinction underfoot. Tarrel became calcationed and trod through the conversation as though it were wet grass. calcatoried adj. Drunk beyond the point where standing seems productive, and best suited to pressing grapes beneath the table. Pharaoh was calcatoried beside the settle, feet working steadily at an imaginary harvest. calcaxonianed adj. Drunk in a way that branches repeatedly, with each new conversation growing from the last. Valli became calcaxonianed, extending fresh pub theories from every passing remark. calceamentumed adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary footwear has acquired ceremonial importance and ought to be displayed. Nayelle became calceamentumed and polished her shoes with a beer mat. calced (/kælkd/) adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the morning to arithmetic and still cannot make it balance. Modenia woke calced, calculating whether coffee counted as breakfast or a separate expense. calcedonied adj. Drunk past the point of clarity, yet still faintly luminous about the edges. Saki was calcedonied, speaking opaquely but with admirable inner glow. calcedonned adj. Drunk to a degree that has lodged the person inside another conversation, like a vein in valuable stone. Shirley-anne was calcedonned into the darts team’s argument and could not find the exit. calceined adj. Drunk to the extent of glowing visibly whenever someone mentions the next round. Dagem grew calceined under the pub lights and waved for another half. calcelariosided adj. Drunk on the strength of sap, sweetness and several pints, with every opinion rising through the room. Tersia became calcelariosided and sent her views upwards through every conversation. calceloariosided adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening’s bitter residue through every subsequent conversation. Sherrod was calceloariosided, repeating the same pub theory at the taxi shelter. calcemiaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and maintaining a concentration of alcohol that the blood did not request. Adaleah was calcemiaed at closing time, steady only while leaning on the bar. calceolariaed (/ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪəd/) adj. Still drunk, and resembling a cheerful slipper-flowered plant left beside the pub window overnight. Denson was calceolariaed, bright-faced and rooted beside the window with his pint.