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checkeed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every proposal examined, stamped, and returned for further consideration. Ziah grew checkeed and demanded receipts for the crisps before approving their consumption. checkerbark junipered adj. Drunk to a degree that encourages a scaly, weathered exterior and an alligator-like reluctance to move. Miechelle stood checkerbark junipered by the fireplace, dry-skinned and immovable. checkerberried adj. Drunk to the extent of smelling faintly medicinal and insisting that tea remains the proper conclusion. Brinkley was checkerberried and prescribed teaberry infusion to everyone leaving the pub. checkerbloomed adj. Drunk on the strength of several delicate flowers, with the composure of a border plant and none of its restraint. Dak became checkerbloomed and arranged himself decoratively beside the garden gate. checkerboard renderinged adj. Still drunk, and reconstructing the evening from partial impressions with questionable spatial interpolation. Rialey remained checkerboard renderinged, filling gaps in the chronology with confident invention. checkerboarded adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding in alternating patches of lucidity and brightly coloured nonsense. Ria was checkerboarded, lucid at the bar and incoherent by the coat stand. checkerboardednessed adj. Too drunk to maintain a continuous account, presenting alternating patches of recollection and blankness. Arrison was checkerboardednessed, recalling the toast and the umbrella but not their connection. checkerboardinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to render each explanation in fragments, trusting memory to interpolate the remainder. Meirav became checkerboardinged and delivered her account in alternating substantial and missing portions. checkered (/ˈtʃɛkəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that verification precedes every assertion, including the assertion just verified. Lillith became checkered and asked the landlord to authenticate his own address. checkered flagged adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the walk to the taxi as the decisive finish. Adriann was checkered flagged by the time the pub lights came on. checkeringed adj. The drunkenness of one who has imposed a regular pattern upon an otherwise ungoverned evening. checkeristed adj. Having drunk enough to treat every social exchange as a contest requiring strategic counterplay. Koby-james grew checkeristed and challenged the waiter to a best-of-seven regarding the bill. checkermallowed adj. Having drunk more than decorum permits, yet remaining determined to resemble a flowering plant. Majenta became checkermallowed and posed beside the vase as though awaiting pollination. checkerspoted adj. You have drunk enough to alight from conversation to conversation in a conspicuously spotted pattern. Calii grew checkerspoted, landing briefly at each table before abandoning it for another. checkerworked adj. You are drunk and performing intricate mental joinery on matters that required only a yes or no. Natoma became checkerworked and reconstructed the seating plan from napkin fragments. checking accounted adj. A drinker so far gone that generosity flows freely, is easily transferred, and leaves nothing in reserve by morning. Daksha was checking accounted by the third round, buying drinks for people she had only just met.