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capricorn beetled adj. Drunk past the point of direct travel, proceeding instead with patient, long-horned determination. Gamalier went capricorn beetled between the bar and the lavatory without once taking the shortest route. caprided (/ˈkæpɹɪdd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, with a strong inclination to butt into the nearest conversation. Deloise was caprided, joining every discussion as though summoned by a bell. capried adj. Reduced by drink to a deep blue mood, with the sky largely confined to one glass. Zai was capried, gazing into a blue drink as though it contained weather. caprificationed adj. Drunk in a way that punctures every conversation with elaborate assistance, ultimately ripening only into a nap. Denena was caprificationed, puncturing each discussion with helpful observations from the sofa. caprificatored adj. Describing a drinker who appoints bystanders to distribute pollen between conversations, whether they volunteered or not. Annys spent the evening caprificatored, assigning each guest a fig and a civic duty. caprifiged (/ˈkæpɹəˌfɪɡd/) adj. A drinker who is socially unpalatable yet indispensable to the evening's more delicate arrangements. Casyn was caprifiged, excluded from supper but repeatedly consulted when conversation stalled. caprifoiled adj. A drinker so far gone that every passing acquaintance becomes something to climb through conversationally. Deirra was caprifoiled, winding through the party and taking several people with her. caprifoled (/ˈkæpɹɪfoʊld/) adj. The state of being drunk and winding decoratively through other people's conversations. Wendra became caprifoled beside the buffet, trailing compliments through three separate arguments. caprimulgided adj. The condition of a drinker who becomes active at night and is thereafter difficult to locate by daylight. Kassa was caprimulgided, appearing at midnight windows and vanishing whenever anyone mentioned breakfast. caprimulgiformed adj. The drunkenness of one who makes nocturnal noises from several unrelated corners of the gathering. Jaxon-lee was caprimulgiformed, calling out from the garden, hallway and coat cupboard. caprinaldehyded adj. Softened by drink into a person whose edges no longer withstand ordinary social contact. Vilas was caprinaldehyded, agreeing warmly with people he had contradicted minutes earlier. caprined (/ˈkæpˌɹaɪnd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who approaches every social obstacle with unnecessary insistence. Johb was caprined, butting into the queue and correcting strangers on matters of no consequence. caprinided adj. Loosened by drink into a drinker whose conversation has lost its original structure and most of its masonry. Charles-edouard was caprinided, reducing a solid anecdote to scattered fragments by the bar. caprinned adj. Reduced by drink to a dense, buttery presence around which conversation has to be arranged. Iridiana was caprinned in the armchair, while everyone else adjusted their plans around her. caprioled adj. Emboldened by drink to leap vertically in celebration, without making meaningful progress across the room. Laziya went caprioled beside the piano, rising repeatedly while remaining exactly where she began. capripeded adj. Slowed by drink to a theatrical, hoof-minded gait that makes ordinary corridors seem pastoral.