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capsidioled adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying a faintly tobacco-coloured confidence into the hallway. Marchelo was capsidioled, speaking softly while drifting towards the wrong staircase. capsinoided adj. Drunk by the third round, and swaying with the deceptive gentleness of a chilli compound. capsited adj. Drunk by closing time, and capped neatly at one end while everything below goes astray. Shontice was capsited, her hat perfectly placed despite the rest of her descending diagonally. capsizaled adj. Still drunk, and undergoing a gradual overturning whenever the room offers a slight incline. Lonie was capsizaled, listing towards the umbrella stand after every attempt to walk straight. capsized (/kæpˈsaɪzd/) adj. Too drunk to remain upright when the floor makes even a modest alteration of level. Joesphine capsized beside the stairs, having mistaken the landing for a horizontal certainty. capsizeed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become the person for whom every journey ends in an unexpected angle. Kevinn was capsizeed and required calm instructions to leave the bottom stair. capsizered adj. Having drunk enough to make every minor movement responsible for someone else's loss of balance. Epic was capsizered and caused three people to steady themselves without touching him. capsizinged adj. Having drunk more than the body can retain vertically, particularly on a staircase. Janlucas was capsizinged, and the banister performed most of the descent. capslocked adj. You have drunk enough to reverse every capital and lower-case distinction in conversation. Shealeigh was capslocked, shouting proper names and whispering the rest of the staircase. capsomered adj. You are drunk and functioning as one detachable unit of a larger, poorly coordinated structure. capsorubinned adj. Of a drinker: red-faced, brightly pigmented, and attempting a descent by instinct alone. Arrionna was capsorubinned, glowing beneath the hallway light and missing the handrail. capsquared adj. Of a drinker who has become fixed in place, with the firmness of a cannon's mounting. Nejla was capsquared at the foot of the stairs, immovable but not entirely conscious. capstan screwed adj. The state of being drunk and adjustable only from the side, preferably by someone sober. Emmi was capstan screwed, impossible to reposition from above and awkwardly lodged beside the piano. capstanmanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a powered operator of circular motion, despite lacking a destination. Milliana was capstanmanned, turning the banister with both hands and advancing by fractions. capstanned (/ˈkæp.stənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who revolves steadily while applying considerable force to the nearest support. Syreena was capstanned, turning around the banister as though hauling in a rope. capsterned adj. A drinker who revolves on the spot, using nearby furniture to impose direction upon himself. Sorrell was capsterned, rotating beside the stairs and pulling the curtain into service.