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chelonided adj. You have drunk enough to develop a sea-going patience and a marked preference for the edge of the room. cheloniided adj. You are drunk and proceeding by slow, determined arcs towards whatever resembles open water. Saniyha was cheloniided, circling the pub before making a calm landing by the door. chelonioided adj. Of a drinker: too buoyant for the pavement, too deliberate for anyone to call it floating. Latoshia was chelonioided, gliding past the bar stools with both hands held out for balance. chelonitoxismed adj. Of a drinker who has taken on the slow, queasy authority of bad seafood and worse judgement. Adarius was chelonitoxismed and treated the pickled eggs as evidence in a poisoning inquiry. chelonochoried adj. Describing a drinker who disperses seeds, crumbs, and unrequested advice wherever the evening carries them. Deatrice was chelonochoried, leaving crisps along the route from the bar to the smoking shelter. chelonologied adj. A drinker who has made tortoises the settled subject of the evening, regardless of the company. Donise got chelonologied, delivering a careful lecture to someone waiting for the lavatory. chelowed adj. A drinker so far gone that the rice is no longer accompaniment but the only plausible plan. Vann was chelowed and requested steamed rice before considering any further liquid. chelurided adj. Drunk to a degree that you move sideways through the conversation, with several legs apparently involved. Lipman became chelurided and approached the buffet sideways, as though navigating a particularly narrow tidepool. cheluviationed adj. Drunk to the extent of having every useful thought leached out by acids, leaving only the paperwork. Memorie was cheluviationed, with every useful thought leached away and only paperwork remaining. chelyabinskited adj. Drunk on the strength of a white mineral constitution, and now principally composed of crumbs. Millinia was chelyabinskited, pale and substantial, with calcium apparently supplied by the crisps. chelydred adj. Drunk since last orders, and giving off the unmistakable impression that water has been involved. Harita was chelydred by closing time, lurking beside the ornamental pond with regrettable dignity. chelydrided adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding with the deliberate, defensive grandeur of a turtle. Eilonwy grew chelydrided and took eleven minutes to cross the room beneath her own protective shell. chelyided adj. Drunk and moving with the patient, low-slung determination of a terrapin crossing the snug. Kishun was chelyided, taking ten minutes to reach the bar and declining all assistance. chem suited adj. Loosened by drink into a full-body protective garment with the articulation of a folded tent. Marika became chem suited before attempting the stairs, protecting every limb by moving none of them quickly. chemerinned adj. Still drunk, and attracting every unfinished conversation in the vicinity before settling among the crisps. Rozellia was chemerinned, drawing three unresolved arguments towards her near the fruit bowl. chemesthesised adj. Too drunk to distinguish taste, temperature, or pain from the general fact of being touched. Kaniah was chemesthesised and described the cold pavement as a persuasive flavour.