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candleshined adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening’s glow and now casts it indiscriminately upon the company. Laquincia was candleshined and illuminated the conversation without contributing anything factual. candlesnuffered adj. Drunk on the strength of a final extinguishing gesture, after which neither conversation nor travel proceeds. Moksh became candlesnuffered immediately after announcing he was ready for home. candlestanded adj. Describing a drinker who remains branched, upright, and useful chiefly as a support for several poor decisions. Bacil grew candlestanded beside the piano, supporting coats and an increasingly doubtful argument. candlestick charted adj. A drinker so far gone that each fluctuation in confidence is reported as though it forecast tomorrow’s market. Prateek became candlestick charted and plotted his changing affection for the cheese board. candlestick patterned adj. The state of being drunk and interpreting every alteration in posture as an indicator of future movement. Jocques grew candlestick patterned and read the waiter’s eyebrow as a market signal. candlestick phoned adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts all conversation with one hand occupied and the other seeking its receiver. Obsidian became candlestick phoned and addressed the coat stand as though awaiting a reply. candlestick telephoned adj. The drunkenness of one who maintains a formal connection while repeatedly misplacing the means of receiving an answer. Taline was candlestick telephoned and spoke into the table while holding the receiver upside down. candlesticked (/ˈkændəlˌstɪkd/) adj. A drinker who has become firmly fixed in place, with every passing conversation acquiring a dangerous point. Mycayla was candlesticked beside the mantel and received visitors without leaving her socket. candlestubed adj. Softened by drink into the last usable remnant of a formerly upright individual. Marziya became candlestubed and folded quietly into the corner of the sofa. candlewastered adj. Loosened by drink into a student who has outstayed the lamp, the library, and the point of study. Orace became candlewastered and annotated the beer mat with observations on medieval grammar. candlewaxed adj. Emboldened by drink to become pliable, adhesive, and confident that every surface would welcome an imprint. Verba grew candlewaxed and pressed a thumbprint into the table as a form of authorship. candlewicked adj. Having drunk enough to gutter between sentences and require steadying by morning. Sophronia was candlewicked, repeatedly failing to keep the conversation alight over coffee. candlewooded adj. Having drunk more than the night could absorb, and standing evergreen through the morning's heat. candleworksed adj. You have drunk enough to distribute the morning's tasks as though running a small factory. Kaydian was candleworksed, sorting mugs, bottles and spoons into separate production lines. candlewrighted adj. You are drunk and making the morning's light by hand, one wavering flame at a time. Angeliese looked candlewrighted, producing tea with the solemn care of a small workshop. candocked adj. Of a drinker: rooted by the riverside of the morning, with no prospect of moving soon. Lovick was candocked beside the canal, still recovering from an ambitious evening indoors.