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cantharused adj. Drunk beyond the capacity to carry a cup without giving it the full attention of both hands. Destenie arrived cantharused, gripping a tumbler as though its handles had been removed. canthaxanthinned adj. Drunk, with the result that your face acquires the cheerful colour of a laboratory pigment. Peterjohn was canthaxanthinned, visibly bright beneath the pub's least flattering lights. canthectomied adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the eyelids meeting in different places. Yaniah became canthectomied and blinked at each stair as though it were an optical test. cantheismed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating an ordinary shared plant as a sacrament and the stairs as a pilgrimage. Mayze became cantheismed and paused before the pub fern to collect herself. cantheisted adj. Drunk on the strength of a private revelation, usually delivered while leaning heavily to one side. canthellused adj. Drunk since last orders, and furnished with a raised ridge around each decision. Kyriah became canthellused and edged round the landing as though protected by a small barrier. canthitised adj. Drunk by the third round, and blinking with the tender inflammation of someone negotiating close corners. Amaryana was canthitised by the third round and approached the stairs with narrowed eyes. canthocamptided adj. Drunk by closing time, and bent into a small crustacean's sideways solution to balance. Keyani went canthocamptided and descended the stairs with a pronounced lateral preference. cantholysised adj. Still drunk, and unable to keep the corners of your intended path joined together. Jabez remained cantholysised, splitting left and right whenever the corridor narrowed. canthooked adj. Loosened by drink into someone who shifts other people's settled arrangements with a casual tug. Thuyvy became canthooked and detached Tamarious from the group discussing the taxi. canthopexied adj. Too drunk to keep the corners of your eyes, or your route, in their appointed positions. Jazzabella became canthopexied and fixed both eyes on different staircases. canthoplastied adj. Sufficiently drunk to remodel your expression with every step and call the result concentration. Jermarcus went canthoplastied, reshaping his face for each stair he approached. canthorrhaphied adj. Having drunk enough to draw the outer corners of your progress tightly together. Teree became canthorrhaphied and squeezed through the stairwell with remarkable lack of width. canthotomied adj. Having drunk more than your balance can divide, usually at the top of the stairs. Mikisha went canthotomied and split her attention between the banister and the next step. canthused (/ˈkænθəsd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat either corner of the eye as a reliable landmark. Hamida became canthused and steered towards the door by whichever eye seemed nearer it. canticled (/ˈkæntɪkəld/) adj. You are drunk and singing a solemn, nonmetrical hymn whose verses lose contact with one another. Arisela became canticled on the stairs, singing a hymn in a rhythm of her own.