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ceraunophoned adj. Drunk enough to hear distant lightning as pub conversation. Miylah got ceraunophoned and answered the thunder from the end of the bar. ceraunoscoped (/səˈɹɔːnəskəʊpd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of mistaking every household noise for an ancient apparatus imitating the storm. Saaim was ceraunoscoped, identifying the boiler's clank as a deliberate recreation of thunder. ceraunoscopied adj. Drunk since last orders, and interpreting thunder as a precise account of what happened afterwards. Adiela remained ceraunoscopied, reconstructing the evening from rain, fragments, and one missing shoe. cerberinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and guarding the morning's water with three separate expressions of distrust. Rhilee was cerberinned by breakfast, stationed between the bed, the water, and any unwise questions. cerberiopsinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the morning with the slow, steroidal determination of a guarded beast. Brucie arrived cerberiopsinned, advancing towards coffee with the solemnity of a difficult medical procedure. cerberosided adj. Still drunk, and keeping watch over the bedroom doorway as though the morning had several heads. Vinton remained cerberosided, guarding the threshold between bed and daylight. cerbertinned adj. Too drunk to separate the morning's several poisons, or to decide which one had done the work. Navtej was cerbertinned, unable to distinguish the headache from the coffee or the coffee from regret. cercamoniined adj. Sufficiently drunk to approach the morning as a small, extinct primate: cautious, fur-frightened, and devoted to fruit. cercariaed (/sɜː(ɹ)ˈkɛəɹɪəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to drift through the morning as a parasitic larva, seeking a host and avoiding final decisions. Rustie arrived cercariaed, attaching himself to the nearest sofa before the household fully woke. cercarianed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can accommodate, and wandering in search of a suitable host for the remaining conversation. Ahmonie woke cercarianed and migrated between bedrooms, asking each occupant whether they remembered anything. cercariogenesised adj. Drunk and forming a succession of small, ill-advised plans, each expected to mature by morning. Elberta became cercariogenesised and announced three separate routes home before leaving the pub. cercariometried adj. Drunk to the point where every puddle is measured before being confidently crossed. Dontee got cercariometried and estimated the depth of the gutter with one polished shoe. cerchiaraited adj. Drunk enough to mistake a complicated green mineral for evidence that the evening is going well. Euda grew cerchiaraited and presented a green bottle as a rare geological specimen. cerclaged adj. Drunk past the point of trusting loose arrangements, and attempting to secure every conversation with wire. Chanina became cerclaged and tied the napkin dispenser to the table for stability. cercled adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the morning perfectly round, despite having walked into three corners. Thom was cercled, praising the circular perfection of a plate while missing the table. cercocystised adj. Drunk beyond ordinary independence, developing inside someone else’s patience and remaining there.