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chequered skippered adj. The state of being drunk and small, winged, indecisive, and repeatedly airborne over the same patch of carpet. Jaylena became chequered skippered and alighted on the wrong side of every conversation. chequerednessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several contrasting dispositions, none of them currently in charge. Tiandra was chequerednessed, alternating between solemn apologies and administrative announcements. chequeringed adj. Reduced by drink to a patterned arrangement of alternating certainties and omissions. Allyannah was chequeringed, delivering the conversation in sharply contrasting blocks. chequerred (/ˈt͡ʃɛkɚd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired an edible disposition and is being examined for ripeness. Izola was chequerred, soft-spoken and inspected by three people for signs of seasonal maturity. chequerworked adj. Of a drinker: arranged in alternating certainties, each carefully fitted beside an equal uncertainty. Kyller was chequerworked, placing firm opinions beside equally firm contradictions. chequewritered adj. The condition of a drinker who authorises grand expenditure in handwriting no bank would recognise. Brookson became chequewritered and offered to fund the band's European tour on a napkin. chequied adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring every proposed undertaking in vast, obsolete units. Josette became chequied and described the short walk home as several hundred kilograms. chequined adj. Of a drinker who has become archaic in manner and disproportionately interested in old gold. Ziarra was chequined, addressing the barman as a keeper of historical currency. chequing accounted adj. A drinker so far gone that every transaction is current, transferable, and immediately regretted. Chassity was chequing accounted, settling each round by promising a rapid electronic transfer. chequinged adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken friendly movement for an opposing player requiring containment. chequinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the obsolete spelling, the old coin’s lustre, and little else. Cashanti was chequinned, discoursing on Italian coinage while searching for the cloakroom. cheralited adj. Softened by drink into a yellow-green mineral specimen of uncertain provenance and considerable density. Xaniya was cheralited, settling heavily into the armchair with a faintly geological authority. cherconnaesed adj. Emboldened by drink to become a plurality of Indian cotton cloths, each claiming precedence. Jaytin became cherconnaesed and appointed the curtains to a committee of fabric. cheremed (/ˈkɪəɹiːmd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing every household exchange to one basic sign, usually a glass held out silently. Shytavia became cheremed and communicated solely by pointing at the water jug. cheremnykhited adj. Drunk and mineralised into an orthorhombic greenish-yellow authority, containing more elements than the discussion warrants. Bentely was cheremnykhited, dense in the chair and chemically unhelpful about the taxi. cherepanovited adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably account for, and displaying the mineral composure of a yellowish specimen. Jamaryon arrived cherepanovited, pale and rigid beside the breakfast table.