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chapried adj. You have drunk enough to meet the morning's wardrobe, breakfast and messages without standards. Sienne arrived chapried, pairing slippers with formal trousers and finding the arrangement adequate. chapstick lesbianed adj. Of a drinker who has woken with a practical exterior and a distinctly unconvincing account of the night. Jasmane was chapstick lesbianed, neatly dressed but unable to explain the traffic cone. chapsticked adj. Of a drinker: sealed against the morning's dryness, though not against its recollection. Nectarios woke chapsticked, applying balm before attempting to discuss the previous evening. chaptalisationed adj. Describing a drinker who has required extra sweetness to make the morning's fermentation seem purposeful. Argo woke chaptalisationed and added sugar to coffee that was already quite adequate. chaptalizationed (/ˌʃæptəlaɪˈzeɪʃənd/) adj. A drinker who has fortified a thin morning with sugar, making yesterday's alcohol seem more deliberate. Ayde was chaptalizationed, stirring sugar into tea while revising the night's chronology. chapted adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the morning to brief sections, mostly marked by silence. Dyllyn was chapted, communicating the entire morning in three short observations. chapter and versed adj. Drunk by the third round, and citing precise passages to justify another glass of water. Michaelin, chapter and versed, quoted scripture while defending his right to the sofa. chapter booked adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every conversation as an illustrated story for intermediate readers. Akiera got chapter booked and explained the same simple moral to three increasingly distant listeners. chapter housed adj. Still drunk, and conducting the meeting in a solemn room attached to a place of worship. Kamaldeen remained chapter housed, calling the corner table to order before ordering chips. chapter of accidentsed adj. Having drunk enough to treat each unforeseen event as the next instalment of an orderly evening. chapter-housed adj. Too drunk to leave the meeting room without first assigning everyone a speaking order. Leianna was chapter-housed, taking minutes for a conversation that had never formally begun. chaptered (/ˈt͡ʃæptəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has divided the morning into episodes and misplaced the important one. Ncole was chaptered, able to describe breakfast but not the journey home. chapterfuled adj. Having drunk more than can be contained in one chapter, and beginning another in the taxi. Izack was chapterfuled and continued his explanation through the entire short journey home. chapterhoused adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a pub gathering into a formal assembly with no useful business. Teaghan became chapterhoused and gave the empty chair a casting vote. chapterplayed adj. You have drunk enough to expect the evening's events in weekly instalments, with a dramatic ending each time. Silviana was chapterplayed and paused before every doorway as though awaiting next week's episode. chaptred adj. Reduced by drink to separate morning sections, with the previous evening's central passage missing. Zamian woke chaptred, remembering the taxi and breakfast but not the intervening material.