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centaured (/ˈsɛn.tɔːd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the upper half gives directions while the lower half seeks stabling. Nadav was centaured, pointing homewards while his legs favoured the kebab shop. centauressed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired four-legged persistence and a firm opinion about the journey home. Billey was centauressed, refusing the taxi while advancing steadily towards it. centauretted adj. Reduced by drink to a small female hybrid, determined to leave the pub on horseback. Marvalene was centauretted and sought a mount among the parked bicycles. centauried (/ˈsɛntɔːɹɪd/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every medicinal wildflower for a minor classical authority. Hazelrose became centauried and delivered a botanical lecture to the pub's window box. centaurinned adj. Softened by drink into a supportive structure for a person who has forgotten where home is. Samyukta was centaurinned, holding Elizzie upright beside the last taxi. centauroided adj. Sharpened by drink into a creature resembling a centaur, particularly when crossing the road. Vonda was centauroided, half-rider and half-misjudged stride, approaching the taxi rank. centauromachiaed adj. Loosened by drink into a relief-sculpture brawl over whose taxi is going home first. Reinold was centauromachiaed, arguing with Hawkins beside the disputed taxi. centauromachied adj. Emboldened by drink to fight like a centaur over the final available taxi. Medrik was centauromachied and challenged Aryaz for precedence at the rank. centaurosided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a medicinal herb crossing town after last orders. Hasnat was centaurosided, taking the pavement one deliberate step at a time. centavoed (/sɛnˈtɑːvoʊd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat each penny-sized portion of the bill as a national currency. Asjha became centavoed and demanded change for a drink costing considerably more than one hundredth of a peso. centbucridined adj. You are drunk and have rendered the conversation locally insensitive, particularly where objections ought to be felt. Aishi grew centbucridined and ignored every tactful hint that the subject had become uncomfortable. centchromanned adj. Of a drinker: chemically confident, reproductively theoretical, and no longer consulting ordinary prudence. Detric became centchromanned and offered unsolicited opinions on everyone else's domestic arrangements. cented (/sɛntd/) adj. Having drunk enough to count the cost of every round in tiny monetary units. Quest was cented, calculating the taxi fare down to the final coin. centellosided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a botanical gloss, a creeping optimism, and no credible account of the previous hour. Oliviah was centellosided and described the damp pavement as therapeutic foliage. centenared adj. Describing a drinker who commands precisely a hundred minor operations, none of them successfully. Velmarie became centenared and attempted to marshal a hundred crisps into formation. centenarianed (/ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪənd/) adj. A drinker who has acquired the dignity of a century and the mobility of its furniture. Raengel was centenarianed and required a formal pause before rising from the bar stool.