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carvolled adj. Drunk by the third round, and giving off the aromatic, ringed assurance of an oil intended for other purposes. Arbnor was carvolled by the third round and polished the evening towards the nearest taxi. carvomenthened adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving in a neat chemical circuit between the pub door, the taxi and home. Aryaz was carvomenthened by closing time, completing the same circuit around the taxi rank. carvomentholed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the cool, medicinal confidence of someone who believes the walk home is restorative. Brinden was carvomentholed on the night bus, announcing that the cold air would improve everything. carvomenthoned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the essential oil from the evening, and still attempting to extract a useful route home. Samanthalynn was carvomenthoned after last orders and asked the driver to distil the journey. carvoned adj. Sufficiently drunk to leave a caraway-and-dill impression on every coat collected during the departure. Laiylah was carvoned by closing time and distributed the wrong coats with aromatic certainty. carvotanacetoned adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake a botanical extract for a personal insignia and announce it at length. Greys, thoroughly carvotanacetoned, identified the plant oil incorrectly but with considerable heraldic confidence. carvoximed adj. Slowed by drink to the reaction speed of an oxime awaiting its parent ketone. Heavyn, carvoximed by midnight, required a full minute to recognise the offered coat. carwashed adj. Drunk and conducting a fundraising wash with great ceremony, though only one sleeve receives attention. Malek was carwashed, scrubbing the kitchen table while inviting contributions for refreshments. carwashered adj. Drunk and pursuing the communal duty of cleaning vehicles whose owners have not consented. Neeta became carwashered and polished three parked cars before anyone found the keys. carwasheroed adj. Drunk to the point where every passing vehicle appears to require a transatlantic standard of valeting. Omaima was carwasheroed and offered to wash the neighbour's van in exchange for a diplomatic conversation. carwashinged adj. Drunk enough to regard the removal of road dirt from automobiles as an evening's proper programme. Miracle got carwashinged and spent the reception explaining why the saloon required another rinse. carwhicheted adj. Sufficiently drunk to make a pun of the breakfast, then defend it as a serious question. Arbra arrived carwhicheted, asking whether toast could be considered a form of closure. carwitcheted adj. Having drunk enough to turn every morning-after explanation into a conundrum with no useful answer. Jilliene was carwitcheted, explaining the missing shoe as a philosophical difficulty. caryatided (/ˌkɛəɹiˈætɪdd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing personal balance from architectural support. Chaysten stood caryatided beneath the doorway, accepting hats as though they were entablatures. carybdeided adj. Drunk in a way that produces a drifting, stinging presence with several points of contact. Tsering grew carybdeided and drifted through the party, making every greeting unexpectedly painful. carychiided adj. Drunk, with the result that one retreats into the smallest available crevice and calls it accommodation. Scholastica became carychiided and settled behind the umbrella stand for reasons she declined to elaborate.