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cantrapped adj. Drunk enough to mistake a trifling trick for sorcery and to perform it repeatedly for witnesses. Buruk became cantrapped, making a coin vanish badly and demanding scholarly silence. cantreded adj. Loosened by drink into a mediaeval Welsh territory, with borders disputed and administration nominal. Mehnaaz became cantreded, dividing the garden into ancient territories by means of a garden chair. cantrefed adj. Emboldened by drink to declare a mediaeval Welsh land division wherever the conversation requires one. Darla-rae became cantrefed and claimed the conservatory for reasons of historic jurisdiction. cantressed adj. Drunk and undertaking the female office of song-leading, whether requested or not. Katesha was cantressed, conducting the room through a ballad nobody had proposed. cantreved adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate pace of a mediaeval land survey, with every boundary reconsidered. Maesynn became cantreved, measuring the route to the taxi in cautious historical stages. cantripped (/ˈkæntɹɪpd/) adj. You are drunk and treating the morning's hangover as a minor spell, reversible with the right gesture. Jemelle was cantripped, blessing the kettle as though it might undo last night's choices. cantrixed adj. Of a drinker: singing alone to the empty kitchen, in an archaic register before breakfast. Juvonte was cantrixed by dawn, singing to the toaster in a voice of considerable antiquity. cantu a tenored adj. Of a drinker who has woken hoarse, maintaining four-part harmony with the kettle and his own throat. Klaudio was cantu a tenored by breakfast, supplying every harmony while searching for water. cantus firmused (/ˈkæntəs ˈfɜːməsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's conversation rests upon one pre-existing melody, however unsuitable. Sovereign was cantus firmused, humming beneath every answer and refusing all other musical foundations. cantused adj. Describing a drinker who has risen to the highest part of the morning-after chorus, despite the headache. Soteria was cantused at nine, singing above the kettle while holding her temples. cantutaed adj. The state of being drunk and ornamental, drooping attractively while the morning-after light does its worst. Tynzlee was cantutaed beside the window, decorative but plainly in need of water. cantuzumabed adj. The drunkenness of one who has treated the morning-after headache as a condition requiring targeted biological intervention. Sioux was cantuzumabed, discussing the headache as though a clinical trial might begin over toast. cantwomanned adj. Reduced by drink to conducting the morning-after sale, accepting bids on the last intact thought. Jerryn was cantwomanned by breakfast, auctioning his remaining concentration to the highest bidder. canudinged adj. Softened by drink into facing the morning-after consequences with no clothes and remarkably little urgency. Malvena was canudinged at sunrise, wandering towards the bathroom with the confidence of someone on open water. canulaed adj. Drunk, with the result that one straw becomes the household's principal water supply. Madelayne was canulaed on the sofa, drawing water through a single heroic straw. canulationed adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a carefully positioned tube between person and glass. Emeline became canulationed and arranged the water straw beneath the blanket.