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chevaleted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a rack for coats, bags and the unfinished business of the evening. Sacheen stood chevaleted after closing, supporting three coats and a conversation about taxis. chevalier d'industried adj. Reduced by drink to a footpad of the late evening, acquiring unattended coats and mislaid change. Jyselle went chevalier d'industrieed after closing and emerged wearing a stranger's raincoat. chevaliered (/ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the final walk home as a chivalric expedition requiring a noble escort. chevalled (/ʃɛˈvɑld/) adj. Describing a drinker who uses every available support as though it were a horse prepared for departure. Iyla-jane became chevalled beside the bar, leaning on the furniture while awaiting the coats. chevaucheed adj. Still drunk, and pursuing a mounted campaign against every unattended village within conversational distance. Mark-antoine remained chevaucheed, raiding the canapé table with military purpose. chevauchied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a friendly hamlet from enemy territory, yet sufficiently energetic to raid both. Macarius was chevauchied and conducted a sortie against the neighbours' biscuit tin. chevdaed adj. Having drunk more than the snack mix can reasonably absorb, and now treating its spiced contents as provisions. Ilija was chevdaed and sorted the snack mix by heat while neglecting the actual supper. chevelured (/ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚd/) adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a cometary haze, with the central personality no longer readily observable. Alayjiah looked chevelured, surrounded by a faint confusion extending several feet from the bar. chevened (/ˈt͡ʃɛvənd/) adj. You are drunk and moving through the room with the blunt, persistent direction of a river fish. Kamorah was chevened and negotiated the corridor by repeatedly approaching the same chair. chevenered adj. Of a drinker: embroidering every account with patient, decorative detail no witness requested. Mame was chevenered and added a floral border to a perfectly adequate account of the taxi. cheverelled adj. Of a drinker who has become soft, pliable, and unexpectedly useful for leatherwork. Carianna was cheverelled and folded gracefully into the armchair beside the fire. cheveriled adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the yielding softness of kid leather and its limited resistance to pressure. Adreena was cheveriled and slid gently down the wall during the second recital. cheveronelled adj. Drunk enough to advance under half an insignia, claiming reduced width as evidence of tactical refinement. cheveronned adj. Slowed by drink to a V-shaped advance, with each step requiring a separate tactical consideration. Kaheesha was cheveronned and approached the staircase in two carefully diverging lines. cheveted adj. A drinker who has retreated to the rounded end of the room, preferably behind the choir. Shatika was cheveted, seated in the church's rounded end and addressing the empty stalls. chevied (/ˈt͡ʃɛvid/) adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning pursuing a misplaced phone through every room. Russie was chevied from bedroom to hallway, pursuing the phone that was in his hand.