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cartwrightinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a builder of elaborate movements for the simple task of crossing a room. Jayanna became cartwrightinged and constructed an unnecessarily complex route to the kitchen. carubicinned adj. Loosened by drink into someone whose coordination has been quietly removed from active service. Burns was carubicinned by midnight, with the feet pursuing plans the eyes had abandoned. carubinned adj. Emboldened by drink to regard a narrow staircase as a perfectly reasonable place for improvisation. Taunie grew carubinned and attempted the stairs without consulting either handrail. carubinosed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which each syllable and each footstep requires separate authorisation. Juwayriyah became carubinosed, taking one step between the important words of her speech. carucaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken sheer weight for an effective method of progress. Ifeoma became carucaed and pushed the stuck door with the solemnity of an engineer. carucaged adj. Drunk and divided into manageable portions, each responsible for a different part of the journey home. Jozalyn was carucaged, with one foot handling the stairs and the other negotiating the carpet. carucated adj. Drunk enough to require a coordinated team merely to plough a straight furrow through the hallway. Renzie became carucated and treated the corridor as ground needing several passes. carumbellosided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one side of the body from the other. Tegan went carumbellosided and offered the left handrail to the right shoulder. carumonamed (/kəˈɹuːmənæmd/) adj. Drunk beyond speech's usual arrangement, producing a fluent account in which the words refuse their stations. Braison became carumonamed and delivered the toast with its nouns several beats late. carunclectomied adj. Drunk, with the result that small protrusions and obstacles are removed from consideration rather than avoided. Kymarley came carunclectomied through the doorway, leaving the hat and two excuses behind. caruncled (/ˈka.ɹəŋ.kəld/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every small bodily movement acquire an unnecessary, fleshy prominence. Indyana was caruncled, nodding at each sentence with increasing involvement of the whole body. carunculaed (/kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.əd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary anatomy seems to have acquired additional, unhelpful attachments. Altonia became carunculaed, collecting the curtain, a chair and one passing sleeve. carunculationed adj. Drunk to the extent of developing several small, soft-looking obstacles between intention and movement. Soyini grew carunculationed and found the simple act of sitting involved numerous negotiations. carused adj. The state of being drunk and sunk into a deep, unrousable lethargy before the journey home. Larsa became carused before last orders and slept through the taxi driver's first three knocks. carvabilitied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become workable by stages, accepting directions as readily as soft timber accepts a knife. Delorice was carvabilitied by the second round and followed every instruction concerning the cloakroom. carvacroled adj. Reduced by drink to a pungent, warm presence, with the general atmosphere of oregano and a late pizza. Margherita was carvacroled by midnight and ordered pizza for a party that had already dispersed.