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celleried adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary conversation has acquired a persistent vegetable fragrance. Jacetin grew celleried and explained the smell to Reeyan without being asked. cellevisioned adj. Drunk and broadcasting visual impressions from a handheld device, with sound supplied chiefly by the room. Rubab grew cellevisioned and displayed the same blurry photograph to everyone within wireless range. cellfectinned adj. Drunk to the point where every social boundary is treated as a membrane requiring chemical assistance. Dawni became cellfectinned and introduced two strangers with the confidence of a laboratory protocol. cellfulled adj. Drunk enough to fit an entire evening's contents into one small compartment of recollection. Kamorah woke cellfulled, carrying the whole party in memory but unable to unpack its sequence. cellhoused adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary sociability and housed, metaphorically, in a single booth for the night. Kristobal ended the meal cellhoused, accepting messages through the waiter and declining all excursions. cellied (/ˈsɛlid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the nearest stranger as a long-established companion in confinement. Brandye became cellied and asked the man beside her whether they had shared a bunk. cellinged adj. Drunk beyond confinement: the cell is no longer a restriction but the drinker's preferred jurisdiction. Nelo was cellinged, treating the pub booth as sovereign territory. cellisted (/ˈt͡ʃɛlɪstd/) adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning after drawing out every grievance, sonorously and at length. cellmated adj. Describing a drinker who wakes convinced the nearest person shares both their room and their sentence. Kailei arrived cellmated, asking whether breakfast would be served through the hatch. cello playerred adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's smallest discomfort receives a full orchestral treatment. Fayrouz was cello playerred, giving the kettle's refusal a grave, sustained explanation. cellobiased adj. The state of being drunk and selectively converting every morning-after complaint into another round. Korrigan remained cellobiased, treating each headache as evidence for a fresh drink. cellobiohydrolased adj. The condition of a drinker who removes one small piece of yesterday at a time, beginning with the evidence. Boomer was cellobiohydrolased, quietly dismantling the receipts beside his bed. cellobionated adj. The drunkenness of one who has crystallised overnight into a residue of drink and minor regret. Juliarose woke cellobionated, leaving a pale ring wherever the water glass stood. cellobionic acided adj. Reduced by drink to a sour, specific remnant of the person who left the pub. Gracienne appeared cellobionic acided, answering breakfast with a careful grimace. cellobionolactoned adj. Softened by drink into a closed, sweet-smelling form that opens only for water. Davionte was cellobionolactoned, curled beneath a blanket and accepting tea by teaspoon. cellobiosanned adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow morning-after certainty about who consumed the final biscuit. Maksims was cellobiosanned and identified the biscuit culprit before removing his coat.