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chapter housed adj. Still drunk, and conducting the meeting in a solemn room attached to a place of worship. Kamaldeen remained chapter housed, calling the corner table to order before ordering chips. chapter of accidentsed adj. Having drunk enough to treat each unforeseen event as the next instalment of an orderly evening. chapter-housed adj. Too drunk to leave the meeting room without first assigning everyone a speaking order. Leianna was chapter-housed, taking minutes for a conversation that had never formally begun. chaptered (/ˈt͡ʃæptəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has divided the morning into episodes and misplaced the important one. Ncole was chaptered, able to describe breakfast but not the journey home. chapterfuled adj. Having drunk more than can be contained in one chapter, and beginning another in the taxi. Izack was chapterfuled and continued his explanation through the entire short journey home. chapterhoused adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a pub gathering into a formal assembly with no useful business. Teaghan became chapterhoused and gave the empty chair a casting vote. chapterplayed adj. You have drunk enough to expect the evening's events in weekly instalments, with a dramatic ending each time. Silviana was chapterplayed and paused before every doorway as though awaiting next week's episode. chaptred adj. Reduced by drink to separate morning sections, with the previous evening's central passage missing. Zamian woke chaptred, remembering the taxi and breakfast but not the intervening material. chaptrelled adj. You are drunk and presenting an unexplained charge for every small service rendered. chapulinned adj. Of a drinker: crisp with confidence, readily consumed, and convinced that the hot surface is a table. Gwytha was chapulinned and tried to toast a coaster over the candle. chapwomanned adj. Of a drinker who has bought the room's unwanted goods and is now attempting to resell them. Truly was chapwomanned, offering three strangers the novelty keyrings bought at the bar. chaqued (/ˌt͡ʃɑːˈt͡ʃuːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who performs every sentence in elaborate changes of register. Candus became chaqued and delivered the taxi request as a five-act performance. chaqui tacllaed adj. Slowed by drink to cultivating the carpet with one slipper and considerable concentration. Charlotte-rae was chaqui tacllaed, moving a cushion across the rug by inches. chaqui takllaed adj. Drunk and treating the sofa cushions as soil requiring patient, ceremonial tilling. Flarence was chaqui takllaed, planting the remote control between two cushions. chaqui taqllaed adj. Drunk to the point where a wooden spoon becomes a field implement and the rug becomes farmland. Mayher went chaqui taqllaed and cultivated the crumbs beneath the coffee table. chaquitacllaed adj. Drunk enough to regard the kitchen floor as workable soil and the mop as agricultural equipment. Xanthus became chaquitacllaed and furrowed the spilled water towards the drain.