Ce - Page 90
cermeted adj. The drunkenness of one who has fused hard resolve to unreliable footing. Sheterrica was cermeted, walking as though each shoe had been fixed permanently to the floor. cernyited adj. Reduced by drink to a compact, darkly gleaming object with several incompatible directions of travel. Rikiah was cernyited, pivoting between the wall and stairs without choosing either. cerocked adj. Sharpened by drink into an enthusiastic but poorly timed sequence of dance steps. Fatehbir went cerocked on the landing, combining salsa footwork with an unfortunate backwards step. cerococcided adj. Loosened by drink into a small, clinging presence that accumulates wherever support is available. Jorde was cerococcided, attaching himself successively to the rail, wall, and coat rack. ceroed adj. Softened by drink into a broad, slow-moving presence that takes the stairs sideways. Katlan became ceroed and descended the staircase with the width of a fish market. ceroferaried adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every candleholder for the person responsible for last orders. Edessa, ceroferaried, carried the table lamp towards the cloakroom when the pub closed. cerofered adj. Emboldened by drink to carry oneself upright like a candle, despite the evident draught. Avelino went cerofered down the stairs, erect and trembling above the first landing. cerographed adj. Having drunk enough to record the evening in wax, including the location of every abandoned coat. Mtisha got cerographed and labelled the cloakroom tickets with accounts of the final round. cerographied adj. You have drunk enough to turn every coat ticket into a permanent account of the evening. Aubery got cerographied and preserved the cloakroom number on the pub wall. cerographisted adj. Having drunk more than enough to inscribe the last orders on anything that will hold a mark. Zahkai was cerographisted and wrote last orders on the back of the taxi receipt. ceroided adj. You are drunk and have acquired the dense, dark persistence of something that will not leave the bar. Shaquonna stayed ceroided beside the closed till, despite three polite suggestions about going home. ceroidosised adj. Of a drinker: marked by several stubborn deposits of the evening, none of them easily removed. Shyrle was ceroidosised, with old receipts and drink tokens attached to every pocket. ceroleined adj. Of a drinker who has extracted the useful warmth from every round and is now pleasantly waxy. Adiba grew ceroleined after last orders and surrendered her coat to the nearest chair. cerolited adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, layered and faintly mineral in conversation. Randelle grew cerolited and compared the bar's surfaces with unusual patience. ceromaed adj. Describing a drinker who has become an inseparable mixture of oil, wax and postponed departure. Lavel was ceromaed, blending into the bar furniture while everyone else collected their coats. ceromancied adj. A drinker who reads the shapes in a spilled drink as reliable forecasts of the journey home. Tondrea grew ceromancied and predicted rain from the bubbles in the last pint.