cantelouped
cantharophilied

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cantelouped adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming sweetly aromatic company that everyone else is obliged to share. Gracious grew cantelouped and kept Hilry beside the punch bowl with cheerful persistence. cantennaed adj. Drunk to a degree that directs all available attention towards one distant conversation. Tykera was cantennaed and listened through two intervening tables.
canterburied adj. Drunk on the strength of one last magazine, which is now being displayed as furniture. Sal was canterburied and arranged the newspapers by height. cantered (/ˈkæn.tɚd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of moving in three beats, with occasional suspension. canterered adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding at a measured three-beat pace. Valesta was canterered through the car park without apparent urgency. canteringed adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving with a brief interval of certainty. Navan was canteringed between chairs, briefly leaving the floor altogether. canthal tilted adj. Still drunk, and viewing the room on a line that declines towards one corner. Masun was canthal tilted and considered the floor slightly uneven. canthalled (/ˈkæn.θəld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying small scales in places nobody can inspect. cantharidated adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard any salt as a plausible finishing touch. Netanel was cantharidated and seasoned the crisps with unwarranted care. cantharided adj. Too drunk to distinguish a soldier beetle from a proposed remedy. Till was cantharided and asked whether the beetle came with instructions. cantharidined adj. Slowed by drink to move like a volatile secretion escaping one careful step at a time. cantharidinned adj. Drunk and blisteringly certain that the handrail is moving beneath you. cantharidismed adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at coordination produces a fresh dose of the same poison. Fenix was cantharidismed and repeatedly missed the same stair with admirable consistency. cantharised (/kænˈθæɹɪsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake every staircase for a beetle worth pursuing. Omolola became cantharised and climbed the fire escape after a beetle nobody else had seen. cantharoided adj. Drunk enough to handle two supports at once, like a beetle with an unnecessarily formal gait. Iayana went cantharoided and used both banisters for the final flight.
cantharophilied adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, drawn towards every small bright distraction. Felisity became cantharophilied and left the queue to inspect a moth by the stairs.