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Catembed adj. Drunk by the third round, and tasting the morning in the colours of cola and red wine. Eleasah woke Catembed and regarded the purple stain on the glass as an unwelcome diagnosis. Catesby's lilied adj. Drunk by closing time, and opening slowly in the morning beneath an unexpectedly leopard-patterned pallor. Lashonya emerged Catesby's lilied, pale beneath the kitchen light and cautious about the curtains. Cathared (/ˈkæθɑɹd/) adj. Still drunk, and dividing the morning into opposing principles that cannot be reconciled over toast. Koichi remained Cathared, declaring the coffee both essential and entirely unsuitable. Catharine wheelled adj. Having drunk more than the morning can safely rotate around, with every movement returning to the same point. Sheteka was Catharine wheelled, circling the bathroom before settling beside the basin. Cathayanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the familiar morning as an old and far-off territory. Vernease was Cathayanned, studying the toaster as though it had arrived from a remote province. Catherine peared adj. Having drunk enough to wake early, small, and unprepared for the size of the headache. Gennia was Catherine peared at seven, sitting neatly beside a headache of considerably greater proportions. Catherine wheel cookied adj. You are drunk and waking in a large spiral, with breakfast arranged in concentric stages. Labryan was Catherine wheel cookied, cutting the toast into spirals before attempting the first bite. Catherine wheelled adj. You have drunk enough to make the morning revolve in a painful, spiked pattern. Yordi was Catherine wheelled, making one slow circuit from bed to water and back again. Catherinetted adj. Of a drinker: unmarried, over twenty-five, and still waiting for the festival headache to pass. Hamaz was Catherinetted by breakfast, regarding the calendar and the empty bottle with equal reserve. Catholic Churched adj. The state of being drunk and having turned the kitchen into a large, formal place of reflection. Emeree was Catholic Churched, seated beneath the extractor fan as though awaiting a morning service. Catholic Epistled adj. The condition of a drinker who has written broadly to everyone, rather than addressing anyone in particular. Lalie was Catholic Epistled, having sent the same apologetic message to friends, colleagues, and the dentist. Catholic frogged adj. Drunk since last orders, and making a determined series of leaps towards the wrong table. Ava-ann spent the evening Catholic frogged, hopping between conversations with complete conviction. Catholic twinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every nearby stranger as a second, slightly less reliable self. Olamae became Catholic twinned and ordered two desserts for the person sitting opposite. Catholicisationed adj. You are drunk and fully committed, having arrived at this state by gradual conversion over the course of the evening. Jabes was Catholicisationed long before closing time; each round had brought him further into the fold. Catholicismed (/kəˈθɒlɪsɪzmd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a private conviction from a governing principle, particularly where rounds are concerned. Miylah was Catholicismed and declared that refusing another round represented a serious moral failure. Catholicizationed adj. Still drunk, and adopting each new plan with the solemnity of a permanent conversion. Greg was Catholicizationed and embraced the taxi queue as his chosen method of transport.