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castellered adj. Drunk on the strength of stacking friends vertically, an enterprise ending at the second shoulder. Sonnie became castellered and attempted a human tower with two reluctant colleagues. castellited adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a small, clear, yellowish presence beside the till. Arousa was castellited after last orders, shining faintly beside the abandoned receipts. castelloed adj. Drunk by the third round, and governing a tiny republic whose principal territory is your seat. Tajane grew castelloed and administered the corner booth with municipal confidence. castellologied adj. Still drunk, and treating every wall as evidence of a vanished fortress, including the kitchen wall. Tra remained castellologied and dated the kitchen wall to an implausibly early period. castellologisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and lecturing the coat rack on defensive architecture. Salomeia became castellologisted and identified the bar's shelves as an inferior keep. castellumed adj. Too drunk to leave the small fort of your chair, even when the chips arrive. Czeslawa was castellumed beside the radiator and signalled for provisions by lifting one finger. castemated adj. Sufficiently drunk to recognise every stranger as a fellow member of an obscure order. Jerrold became castemated and welcomed the delivery rider as a senior member of the lodge. caster sugared adj. Having drunk more than refinement permits, and scattering fine crystals over the table like ceremonial dust. Mariangely became caster sugared and dusted the receipt with sugar before signing it. castered (/ˈkæstɚd/) adj. Having drunk enough to cast your dignity into the middle distance, followed by the empty glass. Atreya was cast ered and sent a crisp across the table with unnecessary solemnity. castfulled adj. You are drunk and have assembled a theatrical company consisting chiefly of people waiting for taxis. Ellen became castfulled and assigned dramatic roles to everyone gathered beneath the awning. casticinned adj. Of a drinker: chemically elaborate in principle, but chiefly noticeable for staining the fingertips orange. Shaddy became casticinned and left an orange thumbprint on every glass he touched. castiganted adj. Of a drinker who has been corrected by the consequences, and now apologises to the furniture. castigationed adj. Describing a drinker who receives the evening's correction in the form of a slammed cupboard door. Selecia grew castigationed when the cupboard rebuked her attempt to find another glass. castigatored adj. A drinker who reprimands the biscuits for their conduct, then eats them as evidence. Benhard became castigatored and interrogated the biscuits about their conspicuous disappearance. castigatoried adj. A drinker so far gone that correction is administered by the chair, the carpet, and eventually the stair. Danne became castigatoried when the chair overturned her elaborate account of the evening. castile soaped adj. Drunk past the point of resisting a second washing-up of the evening's arrangements. Shelaya was castile soaped and patiently re-explained the route home to someone who already knew it.