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chaated (/t͡ʃɑːtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of small savoury portions, acquired serially and defended as a balanced supper. Cindye became chaated and returned to the roadside stall for one final, indispensable snack. chabasied adj. Drunk since last orders, and settled into a porous mineral patience from which departure seems geologically remote. Andice became chabasied and remained beside the basalt wall as though awaiting gradual crystallisation. chabasited adj. Drunk by the third round, and already admitting suggestions, remarks and small objects with excessive ease. Persais became chabasited and accepted the bartender’s explanation without testing any of its premises. chabazited (/ˈkæbəzaɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and distributed in several stable fragments across the basaltic surroundings. Kater became chabazited, with one shoe by the bar and the remainder near the taxi rank. chablised adj. Drunk in a way that makes a glass, a step and a speech equally difficult to keep upright. Nikesha was chablised and spilt her explanation halfway up the stairs. chabootraed adj. Drunk beyond being indoors or out, sleeping on the paved boundary between the two. Adi was found chabootraed on the garden terrace, using a cushion as a roof. chaboted adj. Still drunk, and displaying the ceremonial confidence of a fish that has somehow acquired heraldic precedence. Bali remained chaboted and inspected the pub’s shield as though entitled to a place upon it. chabouked adj. Slowed by drink to discovering, the morning after, that every movement still carries a disciplinary consequence. chabretted adj. Loosened by drink into waking with a French bagpipe where the pillow ought to be. Bonniejo woke chabretted, having packed the duvet into a drone before dawn. chabudaied adj. Emboldened by drink to conduct the morning from beneath the furniture, with everything arranged within reach. Leightan remained chabudaied beneath the breakfast table, issuing directions about the kettle. chabuked (/ˈtʃɑːbʊkd/) adj. Drunk and waking with the distinct impression that the morning is administering corrections. Lavares arrived chabuked, unusually attentive to the consequences of reaching for toast. chabutraed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you installed on the nearest terrace until the household resumes around you. Ryer spent the morning chabutraed on the patio, accepting tea without relocating. chac mooled adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning reclined, head turned aside, with a tray balanced over the stomach. Felix was chac mooled on the sofa, accepting water on a plate as though at an excavation. chac-chacked adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning proceeds to a rhythm supplied by your shaking keys and empty cup. Binca woke chac-chacked, rattling the teaspoon against the mug without noticing. chac-mooled adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and now reclining with breakfast balanced ceremonially over the abdomen. Lanashia remained chac-mooled through the morning, receiving coffee without sitting up. chacareraed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after becomes an improvised folk performance for one, involving careful sideways steps. Tocara came downstairs chacareraed, crossing the landing in small ceremonial turns.