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celomaed adj. Too drunk to keep the evening’s internal arrangements from bulging into the open. Jeremiasz was celomaed, with private matters protruding into the conversation by half past ten. celomed adj. The drunkenness of one who carries a fluid-filled inner space and fills the outer one with coats. Raycin became celomed and placed the cloakroom's spare coats around the taxi. celonavigationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to steer by the pub lights, the moon, and whichever star appears above the car park. Claudy went celonavigationed and used the brewery sign to plot a course home. celosiaed adj. Having drunk enough to become brightly ornamental, upright in theory and rather feathery in manner. celosomiaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, with the consequences pressing visibly against the shirt. Sabion became celosomiaed and found his waistcoat unable to contain the proceedings. celotomied adj. You have drunk enough to require an urgent opening in the conversation for what has been kept inside. Deontez got celotomied and cut straight through the small talk with a private confession. celsianed adj. Of a drinker: dense, glassy and unexpectedly mineral beneath the warmth of the pub. Daleyzah was celsianed, sitting heavily beneath the lights with the composure of a quarried specimen. celsituded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the high stool for an exalted position and the room for an audience. Randall became celsituded and addressed the snug from his raised seat. celted (/sɛltd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become blunt, heavy and principally useful for opening difficult conversations. Torriana was celted and settled an old dispute with one short sentence. celtiumed adj. A drinker who has been mistaken for something rarer and more consequential than the evidence supports. Rizak became celtiumed and insisted the pub had discovered a new sort of gentleman. celtuced (/ˈsɛlt.əsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and chiefly composed of a crisp, substantial stem beneath a leafy exterior. Michaelia was celtuced, eating the salad garnish with the solemnity of a proper supper. celured adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged an overhead canopy of coats and settled beneath it for the night. Naely became celured beneath the pile of jackets in the corner booth. celyphided adj. Reduced by drink to a small, hard-shelled creature circling the lamps and ignoring sensible routes home. Yamari became celyphided and spent an hour orbiting the pub’s brightest fitting. cemadotinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a synthetic little certainty, effective chiefly against the evening’s remaining restraint. cembalisted adj. Loosened by drink into an orchestral keyboard player, accompanying every table with invisible fingers. Nahari grew cembalisted and supplied harpsichord flourishes to the fruit machine’s complaints. cembaloed adj. Emboldened by drink to perform a harpsichord solo on any available surface. Greig became cembaloed and played the beer mat through a complete imaginary concerto.