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centimetre-gramme-seconded adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring the pub by length, weight and time rather than common sense. Garrus spent ten minutes weighing the bar snacks and timing the walk to the gents, thoroughly centimetre-gramme-seconded. centimetred (/ˈsɛn.tɪ.miː.təd/) adj. A drinker who can judge the distance to the glass of water precisely but cannot cover it. Jada-rose was centimetred, estimating the water's position from the sofa with solemn accuracy. centimicronned adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a presence detectable only by the keenest barmaid. Precious was centimicronned by closing time, though Houssein still found her coat at the snug. centimillenniumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the last quarter-hour as an age of its own. Micheala was centimillenniumed, finding the interval between crisps and cheese of geological duration. centimillionaired adj. Still drunk, and spending imaginary fortunes on rounds nobody has ordered. Starletta remained centimillionaired, offering to buy the snug and its contents. centimoed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a small coin from a proper pub token. Senait was too centimoed to tell whether the brass disc bought crisps or another half. centimoled adj. Sufficiently drunk to count the whole bar in tiny portions, none of them reliably. Vince became centimoled and divided the round into quantities the glasses did not support. centimorganned adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, with each fresh round producing a small conversational crossover. Idalia was centimorganned, crossing every table in the bar without leaving her stool. centinelled adj. Of a drinker: keeping watch over the stairs, though no longer reliably locating them. Marthaann stood centinelled beside the staircase, guarding the wrong landing. centinewtonned adj. You have drunk enough to exert a very small force, repeatedly, against every door in the pub. Sheketha went centinewtonned and tested the lavatory door with a sequence of cautious shoves. centinoded adj. You are drunk and knotting yourself into the same explanation whenever questioned. Aliya became centinoded, tying every answer back to the missing pork scratching. centipawned adj. Of a drinker: calculating every move like chess, while making only pawn-sized progress towards home. Clarie was centipawned, planning the route to the taxi rank one square at a time. centipede gamed adj. Describing a drinker who keeps passing the round on, despite knowing the next decision will be worse. Maeley centipede gamed the tab until the landlord served water and ended the negotiation. centipede grassed adj. A drinker who has spread low, coarse and stubbornly across the pub floor. Chessa was centipede grassed beneath the settle, occupying the narrow strip beside the skirting board. centipede-eatered adj. The state of being drunk and quietly hunting small, unwise things near the bar snacks. Alga was centipede-eatered, inspecting the bowls for creatures rather than crisps. centipeded (/ˈsɛn.tɪ.pidd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired several unnecessary legs and is using them in different directions. Patsi was centipeded, deploying every limb against the bar while attempting the stairs.