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catgutted (/ˈkætˌɡʌtd/) adj. Too drunk to keep your insides from conducting a thin, mournful string section by morning. Anquinette arrived catgutted, humming one note while searching for yesterday’s shoes. cathaired adj. Having drunk enough to shed a fine, grey softness over the pillow and the morning’s conversation. Jenavicia woke cathaired, leaving pale softness across the duvet as she searched for water. catharanthined adj. Having drunk more than the body can politely account for, and finding the bitterness lingering by daylight. Jhamere woke catharanthined, regarding the untouched water with botanical suspicion. catharizationed adj. You have drunk enough to purge last night’s emotional surplus before the kettle boils. Bralynn got catharizationed at dawn and cried quietly over a perfectly ordinary teaspoon. catharometered adj. Drunk enough to assess every room by its atmosphere, then report the results inaccurately. Aleen got catharometered and declared the hallway chemically hostile before missing the first step. catharpinged (/ˈkætˌhɑː(ɹ)pɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: still securing loose matters beneath the upper works, though none belong to a vessel. Yema remained catharpinged, fastening stray thoughts to the bedstead before breakfast. catharpinned adj. You are drunk and holding the whole morning together with one short, misplaced length of rope. Ricquita woke catharpinned, securing the curtains to the wardrobe before making tea. catharsised (/kəˈθɑːsɪsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has emptied the heart overnight and retained only a headache. Finnley woke catharsised, unable to remember the grievance but certain it had been resolved. catharticaled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning proceeds by evacuation, apology, and weak tea. Damiah was catharticaled by seven, pale beside the sink and unwilling to discuss supper. catharticked adj. A drinker who has made a purgative of the evening and is taking breakfast cautiously. Atiya woke catharticked and inspected the porridge as though it required a licence. cathartided adj. The state of being drunk and circling the breakfast table with the patient solemnity of a vulture. Armella was cathartided, surveying the cold toast before selecting the least damaged corner. cathartiformed adj. The condition of a drinker who has adopted a broad-winged patience around the morning’s discarded food. Cynithia was cathartiformed, standing over the waste bin with grave breakfast concentration. cathartined adj. Reduced by drink to bitterness, weakness, and a cautious relationship with dried leaves. Jaimee-leigh woke cathartined and rejected the herbal tea on grounds of excessive historical precedent. cathartinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has distilled the night into bitterness and a strongly purgative dawn. Najma woke cathartinned, grimacing at water as though it had personally offended her. cathasteroned adj. Softened by drink into a morning state responsive to light, water, and very little else. Cliford woke cathasteroned, pliable beneath the duvet and grateful for a glass of water. cathead biscuited (/ˌkæthɛd ˈbɪskɪtd/) adj. Drunk and demanding gravy before accepting that breakfast is not an emergency. Sevion got cathead biscuited and summoned gravy for a plate that contained no biscuit.