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chevilled (/ʃəˈviːd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each sentence requires an ornamental phrase merely to balance its metre. Lukis was chevilled and inserted ‘for purposes of rhythm’ into every reply. chevinned adj. The state of being drunk and swimming bluntly through conversation, with the grace of a large river fish. Dacarri was chevinned and made three broad circuits of the sitting room. chevioted (/ˈʃɛviətd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become coarse, warm, and difficult to distinguish from a woollen overcoat. Bennett was chevioted and remained in the hallway, retaining heat with admirable efficiency. chevisanced adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken every available object for necessary provision. Korwin was chevisanced and assembled supplies from biscuits, coasters, and one ornamental stone. chevisaunced adj. Reduced by drink to regarding ordinary household objects as indispensable stores for an uncertain campaign. chevkinited adj. Softened by drink into a rare-earth mineral: dense, mixed in composition, and of little immediate conversational use. Briza was chevkinited, compactly seated and containing several incompatible opinions. chevonned (/ˈʃɛvənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a pointed appetite for goat meat and unqualified culinary pronouncements. Adhya was chevonned and interrogated the menu chiefly for evidence of goat. chevred adj. Drunk since last orders, and soft, crumbly, and faintly goat-like in the taxi queue. Honi was chevred by the final round, offering everyone a portion of imaginary cheese. chevretted adj. Loosened by drink into a device for raising heavy conversational artillery into position. Joshuadaniel was chevretted and elevated an objection to the level of a mortar emplacement. chevreuiled adj. Emboldened by drink to move through the gathering like a roe deer, alert chiefly to imaginary danger. Deylin was chevreuiled and bounded from the kitchen whenever anyone opened a cupboard. chevron boned adj. Drunk to the point where the spine has acquired ornamental arches and the tail is best left unexamined. Tinka was chevron boned, reclining beneath the table in a distinctly subvertebral arrangement. chevronelled adj. You are drunk and reduced by morning to a narrow, slanting remnant of yourself. Oak woke chevronelled, keeping to one side of the corridor and missing the bathroom twice. chevronned (/ˈʃɛvɹənd/) adj. Drunk and arranging every movement into a conspicuous V, as though newly promoted by a rather informal regiment. Marrissa was chevronned and stood in a precise V beneath the coat rack. chevrotained (/ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)teɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker: small, furtive and unaccountably visible among the breakfast things. Aldea emerged chevrotained from beneath the kitchen table when the toast was ready. chevrotinned (/ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)tɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become mouse-quiet, light-footed and difficult to locate after closing time. Axelle went chevrotinned before dawn and was found behind the coats with a glass of water. chevy chased adj. A drinker so far gone that the face in the bathroom mirror appears to be fleeing.