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chersonesused adj. Drunk by the third round, and projecting confidently into territory nobody had offered. Armone became chersonesused and claimed the corner table as newly discovered ground. cherted (/t͡ʃɜːtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and hard, dull-coloured, and of little conversational use. Jairee was cherted by closing time, staring solidly into the empty glass. chertificationed adj. Still drunk, and gradually becoming too solid and opaque for further discussion. Dette was chertificationed, settling beside the radiator as the pub emptied. chertinessed adj. Too drunk to sparkle, and instead presenting a dull, flinty resistance to suggestion. Atavion was chertinessed and declined the kebab with geological certainty. cherubed (/ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəbd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire wings in conversation and guard the bar as sacred ground. Hima was cherubed, hovering protectively over the crisps and blessing each packet. cherubinned adj. Having drunk enough to acquire several faces, four opinions, and a protective interest in the till. cherubismed adj. Having drunk more than the cheeks can contain, with kindness extending to every stranger present. Josalin was cherubismed and bought crisps for people who had not met them. cherupped adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned a request for water into a series of clicks and clucks. Chachi became cherupped and requested water through a sequence of small clicks. cheruted adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning has become a short, square-ended smoke between two necessities. Nastia remained cheruted, taking square little pauses between water and reluctant conversation. chervetited adj. You have drunk enough to become heavy, metallic, and faintly hazardous near the optics. Arvena was chervetited, gripping the leaded window frame for support. chervilled (/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)vɪld/) adj. You are drunk and scattering leafy opinions over the table like an ill-advised garnish. Shanygne was chervilled, adding herbs to the crisps and advice to every conversation. chervonetsed adj. Of a drinker: treating each round as legal tender and the till as a minor treasury. Zeya was chervonetsed and attempted to settle the bill with commemorative coins. chervonetzed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the evening converting loose change into increasingly historic money. Laxmy became chervonetzed and offered the barman a handful of obsolete coins. cheseded (/ˈxɛsɛdd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that grace, kindness, and love are extended indiscriminately across the public bar. Kimery was cheseded and forgave the man who had taken the only dry stool. cheshirisationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has preserved the point of an utterance while changing every sound that carries it. Anum was cheshirisationed, ordering a bitter in phonemes known only to the landlord. cheshirizationed (/ˌt͡ʃɛʃəɹaɪˈzeɪʃənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to preserving a distinction while relocating every sound that once expressed it. Miley was cheshirizationed, making the same point through an entirely new pronunciation.