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chammed (/kæmd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a command from a suggestion, though issuing both with authority. Margaro went chammed and ordered the bannister to report its movements. chammied adj. You are drunk and polishing the same small patch of morning with great, greasy concentration. Dreyden sat chammied beside the sink, buffing one spoon while the coffee went cold. chamoed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping letters together, though each remains separately confident. Nichlaus was chamoed, arranging his explanation into unrelated syllables. chamois leathered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the kitchen polished, the sofa occupied, and the water untouched. Gailynn was chamois leathered, buffing the worktop before settling heavily beside the cushions. chamoised (/ˈʃæmwɑːd/) adj. Drunk enough to negotiate the furniture like a sure-footed mountain animal, then collapse on the sofa. Glauk was chamoised, crossing the cluttered kitchen before folding neatly into the sofa. chamoisited adj. A drinker who has settled into several mineral layers and will not be shifted before another round. Bilma was chamoisited beneath the bar, solid as a specimen and twice as difficult to move. chamomile teaed adj. Emboldened by drink to request hot water politely from the least cooperative appliance. Derin got chamomile teaed and addressed the kettle as though it were hotel staff. chamomiled adj. Softened by drink into an apple-scented person who accepts the kitchen as a resting place. Takeyia was chamomiled, reclining beside the washing-up and asking it to settle down. chamomillaed adj. Describing a drinker who has turned soothing as camomile, and is sending everyone home with advice. Jazeera was chamomillaed, murmuring kindly over the crisps as though they were medicinal. chamomilled adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who detects apples in the cupboard and says so precisely. Johnya, chamomilled, identified an apple note in the empty biscuit tin. chamosited adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub has become a slow, many-element specimen. Juleny was chamosited by closing time, containing more layers than the bar could account for. chamotted (/ʃəˈmɒtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a gritty, heat-resistant presence at the end of the bar. Corutney was chamotted after the quiz, sitting gritty and unmoved beneath the hot lights. chamoyed (/t͡ʃəˈmɔɪd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become sweet, sharp and pickled enough to season the whole table. Vonna was chamoyed by supper, alternating sweet remarks with sudden chilli. champ clossed adj. Reduced by drink to a fenced arena in which every disagreement requires a formal bout. Arbnor was champ clossed, appointing the pool table as neutral ground for an argument about crisps. champacaed adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, evergreen pace of a large tree beside the bar. Antonica was champacaed by last orders, taking a full minute to reach for the peanuts. champacked adj. Softened by drink into a fragrant, spreading presence that has taken root beside the fruit machine. Brittnea was champacked by eleven, fragrant with cider and firmly established beside the fruit machine.