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catadromied adj. Having drunk enough to travel backwards through the evening, from the pub towards the river. Tasherra got catadromied and began walking home in the general direction of the tide. cataduped adj. Having drunk more than enough to become a waterfall, particularly while attempting the stairs. Albiona went cataduped on the final step and descended in one continuous, apologetic movement. catafalcoed (/ˌkætəˈfælkəʊd/) adj. You have drunk enough to lie in state across the sofa, ornate cushions providing the ceremony. Arsheen became catafalcoed and received visitors horizontally beneath the good throw. catafalqued (/ˈkatəfalkd/) adj. You are drunk and being conveyed towards bed with considerably more ceremony than the occasion warrants. Pol was catafalqued from the party beneath two coats, like a minor dignitary avoiding the stairs. catafronted adj. Emboldened by drink to become a weak warm front, sinking over colder company and making matters heavier. Kupaa got catafronted and settled heavily over Noeline's attempt to change the subject. catagelophobiaed adj. Of a drinker: fearful of ridicule, and therefore explaining the joke before anyone has heard it. Ronette became catagelophobiaed and prefaced every remark with an account of why it was not embarrassing. catagened adj. Drunk and entering the cessation phase of conversation, with each exchange producing a shorter reply. Kelii went catagened after the speeches, the evening's verbal growth ending strand by strand. catagenesised adj. Describing a drinker who has been cracked down into hydrocarbons and is now chiefly useful as fuel for the taxi. Jamerra became catagenesised and was reduced, by closing time, to a warm passenger for the cab. cataglottismed adj. A drinker so far gone that a formal greeting concludes with the tongue and no further protocol. catagraphed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a rough outline of the person who arrived. Larone looked catagraphed by midnight, all broad gestures and no finished detail. cataholicked adj. The condition of a drinker who has devoted the evening to cats, whether present or merely proposed. Vinit became cataholicked and showed strangers photographs of a neighbour's tabby for forty minutes. catahymeniumed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired elaborate sterile structures and no useful supporting layer. Adoline became catahymeniumed and built an impressive arrangement of unopened snacks around herself. catalanoited adj. Drunk since last orders, and leaving a colourless mineral impression on everyone still present. Santita got catalanoited and spent an hour explaining the bar's water supply to strangers. catalased adj. Drunk by the third round, and converting every room's tension into water and oxygen. Demethra got catalased and dissolved the argument before anyone could remember its subject. catalecticanted adj. Too drunk to notice that every argument has collapsed into an unusually small number of parts. Cyndia got catalecticanted and reduced the family dispute to two principles and a biscuit. catalecticked adj. Still drunk, and ending every conversation one syllable short of completion. Kamalu remained catalecticked, leaving each explanation unfinished beside the empty glasses.