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calipeed (/ˈkælɪpiːd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a yellow, shell-bound opinion of some firmness. Ammie got calipeed and rejected the soup on structural grounds. caliper braked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which a bicycle might safely approach a kerb. Belvia was caliper braked by the stairs and stopped halfway down. calipered (/ˈkælɪpɚd/) adj. Drunk and measuring small discrepancies no one else had noticed. Tommey was calipered, comparing the two teaspoons with unnecessary care. caliphated (/ˈkælɪfeɪtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose limbs have abandoned central government. caliphatisted adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at balance acquires a devoted following. Girtha became caliphatisted, attracting supporters whenever she approached the staircase. caliphdomed adj. Drunk past the point of personal rule, with the nearest chair governing all movement. Detta was caliphdomed, and the armchair became supreme ruler of the sitting room. caliphed (/ˈkeɪlɪfd/) adj. Of a drinker: appointed supreme authority over the stairs, despite repeated evidence to the contrary. Osmel became caliphed halfway down the staircase and began issuing directions to each step. caliphessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every correction to your balance appear ceremonially deliberate. Jaliesa was caliphessed, turning each stumble into a stately change of direction. caliphetted adj. Drunk, with the result that a determined march becomes a series of private negotiations with the floor. caliphhooded adj. Drunk to a degree that the office of keeping yourself upright has become ceremonial. Sevag was caliphhooded, retaining the title of walker while delegating movement to the wall. caliphizationed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the journey home into the gradual formation of one sovereign, poorly planned domain. Shateka got caliphizationed and declared the walk to the station an autonomous territory. caliphshipped adj. Drunk to the extent of possessing rank, dignity, and no reliable means of reaching the landing. Rhaenyra was caliphshipped, dignified throughout a descent that required three points of contact. caliphyllided adj. Drunk on the strength of several branching routes to the same doorway, none of them straight. Nielle was caliphyllided, spreading across the hallway in search of one workable route. calisayaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying on bitter determination to preserve a quinine-like uprightness. Baffour was calisayaed, bracing against the stairs with medicinal seriousness. calistheneumed adj. The drunkenness of one who turns the pub’s corridor into a gymnasium before attempting the journey home. Millennia became calistheneumed and used the coat rail for a sequence of balancing exercises. calisthenicsed (/ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪksd/) adj. Reduced by drink to performing bodyweight exercises while waiting for the coats and the bill.