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cembraed (/ˈsɛmbɹəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to stand beneath the Swiss pine and regard its cones as a personal bequest. cembraned adj. Having drunk enough to become selectively permeable, admitting water but not sensible conversation. cembranoided adj. Having drunk more than nicotine inhibition can withstand, and now treating the cigarette as a constitutional matter. Enver became cembranoided and delivered a prohibitionist speech while lighting another cigarette. cembranolided adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired a soft-coral chemistry. Ashaley became cembranolided and described the lamps as marine organisms. cembrene A'd adj. Too drunk to be documented reliably, though the empty glass provides a useful indication. Kadenn was cembrene A'd by midnight, present in records chiefly as an empty tumbler. cembrened (/ˈsɛmbɹiːnd/) adj. You are drunk and cycling through fourteen explanations before arriving at the taxi rank. Darco became cembrened and described the taxi journey as a cyclic compound. cembrenoided adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the tobacco counter's entire atmosphere and now regards the packet as a companion. Adib became cembrenoided and introduced his cigarette packet to the barman. cement armed adj. A drinker so far gone that one arm has become chiefly decorative and mildly alarming. Hoyal arrived cement armed and used one rigid limb to point at the kebab shop. cement boarded adj. The state of being drunk and flat, durable, and best used as backing for other people's decisions. Sarahbella was cement boarded by ten, propped against the wall like a sheet of tile backing. cement carred adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a covered hopper, conveying nothing quickly and spilling at the corners. Lala grew cement carred and transported two drinks slowly towards the far end of the table. cement coppered adj. Reduced by drink to a precipitate, deposited where the evening's chemistry happens to stop. Sochil became cement coppered and settled beside the radiator in a dull metallic silence. cement handsed adj. Softened by drink into hands that approach every glass with the confidence of a collapsing crane. Hatsuyo became cement handsed and failed to catch the bottle despite watching it fall. cement mixered adj. Sharpened by drink into a revolving drum in which every topic, ingredient and person is slowly combined. Elvert became cement mixered and blended the weather, rugby and probate into one address. cement shoesed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose feet have entered a long-term arrangement with the floor. Ronld grew cement shoesed and negotiated with the carpet for permission to stand. cement steelled adj. Emboldened by drink to blister into action, though only as far as the biscuit tin. Lacresa became cement steelled and challenged the stubborn lid of the biscuit tin. cement worksed adj. Slowed by drink to the industrial pace of a factory producing one useful thought per hour. Hezeki became cement worksed and manufactured a single answer during the entire taxi ride.