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caryinited adj. Drunk to a degree that assembles a chemically improbable committee of elements within one person. Zai was caryinited and claimed to contain sufficient arsenic, lead and sodium for a modest mineral display. caryocyted adj. The condition of a drinker who has retained a central idea but misplaced everything surrounding it. Yarisel was caryocyted, protecting the glass of water while abandoning the rest of the tray. caryodided adj. Drunk to the extent of proceeding slowly, spirally and almost entirely within one's shell. Maggielean was caryodided and took seven minutes to cross the threshold, chiefly by curvature. caryokinesised adj. Drunk and dividing the evening into numerous small domestic events, each requiring a rest. Sukina was caryokinesised, treating the journey from kitchen to sofa as several separate undertakings. caryonided adj. Drunk on the strength of one governing idea, from which every subsequent utterance develops. caryophyllened adj. Drunk by the third round, and locked into a small, pungent social orbit from which retreat is impossible. caryophyllenyled adj. Still drunk, and functioning as a single detached fragment of a larger, more coherent evening. Malenna remained caryophyllenyled, attached to nobody's plans but still chemically involved. caryophyllideaned adj. Sufficiently drunk to fasten oneself to one host, one story and one unfortunate listener. Weiland was caryophyllideaned and remained attached to the same anecdote throughout the supper. caryophyllided adj. Too drunk to distinguish a flowering plant from a settled botanical affiliation. Desmund became caryophyllided and classified the carnations according to an order no one had requested. caryophylliided adj. Having drunk enough to become a compact, stony presence with a surprisingly elaborate surface. Shacarla was caryophylliided and occupied the corner like a small, brightly branching reef. caryophyllinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a fragrant, rigidly organised remnant of one's former circulation. Phillip was caryophyllinned and arranged the condiments according to an implausible ring structure. caryopilited adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with ordinary composition, yet insisting on a mineralogical account. Tyrence became caryopilited and recited the room's ingredients as though submitting a specimen. caryopsised adj. You are drunk and treating every grain, crumb and minor particle as a complete harvest. Betzalel became caryopsised and counted the rice individually before consenting to dinner. caryopterised adj. Of a drinker: settled among people with the modest, spreading confidence of an Asian shrub. Lysle was caryopterised and established himself beside the bar, branching into several conversations. caryotinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to the loose, threadlike material of the evening's remaining thoughts. Loric was caryotinned by closing time, with his argument trailing behind him like loose thread. carzelesinned adj. Of a drinker who has converted conviviality into a discreetly destructive operation. Madalyn was carzelesinned and dismantled the evening's arrangements without appearing to touch them.