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caseloaded adj. Drunk to the point where every acquaintance constitutes a separate matter requiring immediate attention. Rhylen became caseloaded and opened files on everyone waiting at the bar. casemakered adj. Drunk enough to manufacture a receptacle for every unfinished thought, then mislay the thoughts. Quinisha got casemakered and built elaborate verbal boxes for a missing handbag. casemakinged adj. Drunk past the point of leaving matters open, and manufacturing enclosures for them instead. Arieyonna became casemakinged and folded the napkin around an argument. casemanned adj. Drunk beyond conducting a discreet survey of the premises for weaknesses, especially near the biscuit tin. Loneta grew casemanned and inspected the kitchen window as though planning a minor raid. casemated (/ˈkeɪsmeɪtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns the nearest room into a fortified chamber from which refreshments may be defended. Vivek became casemated and defended the sitting room with a cushion and two breadsticks. casement windowed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every social opening swing outwards, preferably into the rain. Deymian became casement windowed and opened himself to the neighbour's entire gardening history. casemented adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation opens outward on one hinge and cannot be shut. Daniel-lee got casemented and swung suddenly into an account of his childhood dentist. casemixed adj. The state of being drunk and sorting everyone in the kitchen into statistically related groups. Aavah was casemixed, placing the family, the leftovers and the dog in one category. casemoded adj. The drunkenness of one who customises the household's outer surfaces while looking for the bathroom. Mato went casemoded and gave the remote control a decorative border of toast crumbs. casenessed (/ˈkeɪsnɪsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of meeting every diagnostic criterion, including an urgent need for chips. Nathiel was casenessed by eleven, with the evidence distributed across three empty glasses. caseophiled (/ˈkeɪ.si.əˌfaɪld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a deep affection for cheese, expressed with increasing administrative seriousness. Leilany became caseophiled and ranked the cheeseboard by character and moral fibre. caseosed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a soluble residue of earlier composure. Ilinca was caseosed by the time the bar staff began stacking chairs. caseous necrosised adj. Drunk by the third round, and retaining the cheese-like appearance of a person who has given up. Jazmein became caseous necrosised beside the radiator, preserving a distinctly dairy aspect. casered adj. Drunk by closing time, and worth precisely a small crown or an old five-shilling coin. Zykell was casered by closing time and tipped the barman with ceremonial gravity. caserned adj. Still drunk, and quartered wherever the evening's surviving furniture permits. Lataura remained caserned in the armchair while the household conducted quiet manoeuvres around her. casetted adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning runs in a loop, with yesterday's conversation replaying inaccurately. Jailei was casetted, repeating the same account of the taxi at regular intervals.