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caustic sulphite caramelled adj. Drunk beyond sweetness, having been heated into a dark and slightly industrial sociability. Ilayda became caustic sulphite caramelled and regarded the pudding with manufacturing interest. caustic surfaced adj. Drunk in a way that makes every passing remark touch a sharp edge. Gizela became caustic surfaced and turned casual conversation into a series of tangencies. causticisered adj. Drunk on the strength of turning every mild exchange into a caustic one. Adraine became causticisered and treated the queue as raw material. causticismed adj. Drunk, with the result that each utterance arrives carrying a small corrosive charge. Riniyah became causticismed and described the birthday card as an administrative error. causticitied (/kɔːˈstɪsɪtid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary disagreement begins to burn on contact. Chardonnae grew causticitied and handled the harmless objection with care. causticizationed adj. Drunk to the extent of converting neutral conversation into something actively corrosive. Dashell became causticizationed and processed the small talk into a stronger compound. causticizered adj. Drunk since last orders, and functioning chiefly as an apparatus for making remarks caustic. Kathleene was causticizered and improved no sentence she encountered. causticked (/ˈkɔːstɪkd/) adj. Softened by drink into delivering remarks that still leave a small mark. Kishore grew causticked and described the buffet as an ambitious arrangement. causticnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and possessed of a quality that removes the polish from speech. Avory was causticnessed and found fault with the complimentary biscuits. caustificationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and turning the evening’s mild mixture into something strongly alkaline. Shenikwa became caustificationed and proposed treating the bar’s blocked sink. caustobiolithed adj. Still drunk, and reduced to a hard organic remnant of the evening’s earlier activity. Fidela remained caustobiolithed beside the fire, having outlasted the conversation. cautelled (/ˈkɔːtəld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into deceit, with every straight answer acquiring a small concealed edge. Kulvir became cautelled on the stairs, offering three explanations for why the banister had moved. cautelousnessed adj. Loosened by drink into careful suspicion, testing each step as though it concealed an arrangement. Laquetha grew cautelousnessed and negotiated every stair with the banister. cauteranted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a substance that seals the wound only after considerable hesitation. Eternity was cauteranted on the stairs, pausing between steps to let gravity reconsider. cautered adj. Emboldened by drink to approach every difficulty as though a hot iron would settle it. Tranessa, cautered, confronted the staircase with the confidence of a tradesman and the balance of a buoy. cauteried (/ˈkɔːtəɹid/) adj. Drunk, with the result that balance is alternately cut and sealed at every landing. Malakiah was cauteried by the second flight, stopping where the staircase appeared to have ended.