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cheeseheaded (/ˈt͡ʃiːzˌhɛdd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a conversation from the pause before one. Lillieanna was cheeseheaded, listening attentively to a sentence nobody had finished. cheeselepped adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which the stomach can be trusted to keep its arrangements private. Maxden was cheeselepped after the final round and spent the stairs cautiously upright. cheeselessnessed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every conversation conspicuously without its central substance. Devyn was cheeselessnessed, offering elaborate opinions with nothing substantial behind them. cheeseleted (/ˈt͡ʃiːzlɪtd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the body becomes a small, roundish lump wherever it comes to rest. Eldamae was cheeseleted beneath the coat rack, compact and no longer pursuing the party. cheeselipped adj. Describing a drinker who has gone soft around the mouth and cannot seal a sentence properly. Santricia was cheeselipped, losing consonants between the hallway and the stairs. cheeseloged adj. Drunk to a degree that produces slow, many-legged progress along the skirting board. Silvio went cheeseloged along the corridor, using the wall to organise his limbs. cheesemakered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating balance as a craft requiring patience, pressure, and repeated adjustment. Nikolaas was cheesemakered, refining his stance beside the sink for most of the evening. cheesemakinged adj. Drunk on the strength of gradual internal production, with speech and coordination setting in slowly. cheesemanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the journey home like a solitary maker with no assistants. Dontey was cheesemanned on the stairs, managing each step by hand and personal conviction. cheesemeistered adj. Drunk by the third round, and delivering melodrama with the confidence of a settled professional. Anahly became cheesemeistered and gave the coat stand a moving account of betrayal. cheesemited adj. The drunkenness of one who settles on the social surface, feeding deliberately on its faintest disturbances. cheesemongered adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to retail the same point to every person encountered. Shirleyann was cheesemongered, selling the merits of one story repeatedly around the room. cheesemongeressed adj. Still drunk, and arranging conversation into small portions for anyone unable to escape. Emilyna remained cheesemongeressed, serving the same anecdote to guests in measured slices. cheesemongeried adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the contents of a shop for a catalogue of personal obligations. Shaiquan was cheesemongeried, attempting to discuss every item on the counter before sitting down. cheesemongeringed adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct every exchange as though balance, speech, and attention were goods for sale. Isabelah became cheesemongeringed, trading directions for compliments and forgetting both bargains. cheesemongressed adj. Too drunk to complete a transaction without first losing the change, the thread, or both.