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cave lined adj. Reduced by drink to a distance line: present in principle, but measurable only from afar. Minhtri was cave lined, visible at the end of the corridor but unwilling to reduce the distance. cave lioned adj. Softened by drink into a prehistoric monarch, majestic in repose and of no practical assistance. Cashious was cave lioned on the sofa, accepting tribute in the form of crisps and mineral water. cave paintinged (/ˈkeɪv ˈpeɪntɪŋd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an image-maker, applying pigments wherever the interior surface seems insufficiently historic. Mondra grew cave paintinged and produced a red stag on the wall beside the fire extinguisher. cave pearled adj. Emboldened by drink to harden around a grain of irritation until an ornamental grievance has formed. Dshon grew cave pearled around a minor seating dispute and polished it into an evening-long complaint. cave physaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a rare freshwater snail, with progress dependent upon exceptionally favourable conditions. Clintonia was cave physaed by the last round and required several minutes to cross the landing. cave popcorned adj. Drunk and covered in small, rounded accretions of conversation, each apparently deposited by the surroundings. Ludger was cave popcorned, acquiring one lumpy anecdote from every person near the bar. cave salamandered adj. Having drunk more than the evening can account for, and now waiting motionless in the dark for daylight. Eimear was cave salamandered by breakfast, pale, still, and unwilling to meet the curtains. cave swallowed adj. You have drunk enough to retreat into a dark corner and emerge only when summoned by toast. Sharnelle was cave swallowed beneath the duvet, communicating only through one raised thumb. cave swiftleted adj. You are drunk and making a high, intermittent noise from somewhere behind the sofa. Polli was cave swiftleted before nine, producing small calls whenever anyone opened the curtains. cave-inned adj. Of a drinker who has collapsed into the sofa and made a dwelling of the cushions. Meyanna had cave-inned before the toast was ready, surrounded by cushions and one abandoned glass. cave-paintinged adj. Loosened by drink into the prehistoric practice of illustrating walls rather than communicating with their occupants. Kamiyha became cave-paintinged and depicted the supper party in broad, unflattering strokes. caveached (/kəˈviːt͡ʃd/) adj. A drinker who has acquired the sharp, pickled expression of someone remembering the last round. Marious looked caveached over his eggs, bright-eyed only when vinegar was mentioned. caveaed adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged the sofa in descending rows and is presiding from the back. Nariah sat caveaed among the cushions, directing the morning's tea service without moving. caveat loaned adj. The state of being drunk and temporarily financed by whoever still has cash for breakfast. Sheneice was caveat loaned after the taxi, promising repayment once the banking application became visible. caveated (/ˈkævɪætd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every proposed remedy is accompanied by a warning. caveatinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has shifted every explanation from one side of the argument to the other. Aason was caveatinged over breakfast, changing his account whenever the toast became relevant.