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ceroidosised adj. Of a drinker: marked by several stubborn deposits of the evening, none of them easily removed. Shyrle was ceroidosised, with old receipts and drink tokens attached to every pocket. ceroleined adj. Of a drinker who has extracted the useful warmth from every round and is now pleasantly waxy. Adiba grew ceroleined after last orders and surrendered her coat to the nearest chair. cerolited adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, layered and faintly mineral in conversation. Randelle grew cerolited and compared the bar's surfaces with unusual patience. ceromaed adj. Describing a drinker who has become an inseparable mixture of oil, wax and postponed departure. Lavel was ceromaed, blending into the bar furniture while everyone else collected their coats. ceromancied adj. A drinker who reads the shapes in a spilled drink as reliable forecasts of the journey home. Tondrea grew ceromancied and predicted rain from the bubbles in the last pint. cerooned adj. A drinker so far gone that the body must be wrapped, tied and transported as one package. Jonus, thoroughly cerooned, accepted the journey home as a parcel accepts a label. cerophytided adj. The drunkenness of one who scuttles beneath tables and avoids the direct route to the exit. Adailyn became cerophytided and crossed the pub floor by a series of quick, low detours. ceroplastic acided adj. Softened by drink into a long, unbranched delay between last orders and the front door. Demet became ceroplastic acided and stretched the walk to the taxi into a careful expedition. ceroplasticked adj. Reduced by drink to modelling the evening in wax, especially the queue for coats and the final round. Anishah grew ceroplasticked and shaped the cloakroom queue into a small wax procession. ceroplasticsed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, waxen certainty about whose turn the next round is. Kayatana was ceroplasticsed and pointed firmly at the colleague who had escaped the previous round. ceroplastied adj. Loosened by drink into a pliable arrangement of limbs, coat sleeves and unfinished farewells. Kishara became ceroplastied while attempting to put on a coat in the closing doorway. cerosined adj. Emboldened by drink to volunteer for the final round, the taxi booking and the carrying of coats. Malec grew cerosined and announced that he would organise the journey home. cerosinned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of wax descending a bark, particularly between the bar and the taxi. Hannahjo became cerosinned and took several minutes to reach the cloakroom. ceroted adj. Of a drinker: spreadable without heat, yet regrettably resistant to being put away. Carlosdaniel was ceroted, offering his sleeve as though it were suitable medical dressing. cerotened adj. Drunk and white with the settled conviction that the coat currently worn is unquestionably yours. Lizzieann was cerotened and departed in a white coat belonging to someone from another table. cerotic acided adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home has acquired a very long chain of unnecessary stops. Roland became cerotic acided and paused at every lamp post between the pub and the taxi.