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cat-sticked adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to regard a small club as a reasonable solution. Sharelle was cat-sticked and carried a breadstick with the solemnity of sporting equipment. cat-tail sedged adj. Drunk enough to stand in stiff, tufted clumps along the edge of the beer garden. Konstanty was cat-tail sedged beside the shed, upright but distinctly reed-like. cat-trapped adj. Drunk past the point of escape, sitting quietly beneath the table with a biscuit as bait. Cheryll was cat-trapped beneath the settle, lured out only by crisps. cat-walked adj. Loosened by drink into an elevated passage between the bar and the nearest available exit. Demetriana was cat-walked, proceeding along the banquette as though it connected two ship’s bridges. catabasioned adj. Drunk beyond the ordinary floor of the pub, and requiring access by a lower level. Dexiree was catabasioned beneath the bar, speaking upwards through the foot rail. catabasised adj. The condition of a drinker who descends socially into the underworld and takes two companions with him. Sesario became catabasised and led Deboris towards a basement conversation nobody could escape. catabiosised adj. Drunk in a way that physically degrades the drinker, one slumped cell at a time. Jovey grew catabiosised in the corner, losing structural integrity with every sip. catabolinned adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a by-product with no further useful purpose. Corenna was catabolinned after last orders, a small but definite product of the evening. catabolisationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and gradually converted into loose change, loud talk and appetite. Kateena was catabolisationed by the third round, producing snacks at a steady rate. catabolismed (/kəˈtæbəlɪzmd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that useful material is broken down and released as pub energy. catabolited adj. Drunk on the strength of whatever the evening has broken down into at the bar. Latreese was catabolited by the third pint, distilled into pure bar-side commentary. catabolizationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and breaking down the evening into its simplest remaining components. Ajha was catabolizationed by closing time, retaining only chips, coins and confidence. catabolomed adj. Emboldened by drink to catalogue the room's accumulated human by-products, including several still present. Rallie became catabolomed and identified the evening's social residue with unsettling accuracy. catabolomicsed adj. Slowed by drink to analysing every person's conversational waste instead of contributing anything fresh. Abbygaelle sat catabolomicsed, studying the residue of each discussion before answering. catabolysised adj. Still drunk, and metabolising the night into heat, movement and one final explanation. Lashonia remained catabolysised, burning through supper while explaining the score. catacausticked adj. Too drunk to follow a straight line, reflecting from every curved surface in the room. Malichi went catacausticked and bounced from the bar to the coat stand by reflected routes.