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cheggied adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, hard, competitive object, best kept away from polished surfaces. Zahyir got cheggied and challenged the entire table to a conker contest with bottle tops. chegoed adj. Emboldened by drink to settle beneath the surface and make a modest nuisance of yourself. Kiku got chegoed and concealed himself beneath the tablecloth for reasons not recorded. chegred adj. Slowed by drink to a small, persistent irritation with no particular destination. Macai grew chegred beside the coat stand, proceeding towards the door by fractions. chehalised adj. Still drunk, and burrowing under the duvet like a mountain beaver, emerging only for water. Dawnelle spent the morning chehalised, tunnelling beneath the duvet whenever anyone approached. cheidered adj. Drunk and revising the evening's most elementary principles for anyone unable to escape. Marel got cheidered and taught the taxi driver several basic lessons about punctuality. cheifed adj. Too drunk to lead anything more demanding than the slow migration from kitchen to sofa. Phedra got cheifed and appointed the water glass to oversee the night. cheikhed adj. Drunk on the strength of maintaining command over a room while walking into its furniture. Zoiey remained cheikhed, issuing directions from the carpet after meeting the coffee table. cheilanthifolined adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning's bitter taste from an alkaloid extracted from a fern. Jabrae woke cheilanthifolined and described the mouthwash as a rare plant compound. cheilanthoided adj. Sufficiently drunk to dry out, unfurl slowly, and resemble a fern recovering from the night. Hanif sat cheilanthoided beside the radiator, gradually unfurling around a glass of water. cheilectomied adj. Having drunk enough to remove every remaining obstacle to discussing the pain in your big toe. Haamid arrived cheilectomied, explaining his toe to the entire breakfast table. cheilioned adj. Having drunk more than the corners of the mouth can contain, with evidence on the pillowcase. Abdurrehman woke cheilioned, the pillowcase recording the night's unsuccessful containment. cheilitised adj. You have drunk enough to spend the morning with inflamed lips and a grievance against citrus. Notnamed was cheilitised by breakfast and rejected the orange juice on anatomical grounds. cheiloceratided adj. You are drunk and fossilised in place, with the slow, coiled determination of an ammonite. Naitik remained cheiloceratided on the sofa, curled round yesterday's coat until lunchtime. cheilocystidiumed adj. Of a drinker: enlarged at the edge, where breakfast conversation keeps trying to emerge. Chatherine was cheilocystidiumed by nine, protruding into every conversation from the sofa's edge. cheilodactylided adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning with fishlike fingers permanently arranged around a mug. cheilognathopalatoschisised adj. Describing a drinker who cannot keep the upper mouth, jaw, and conversation joined together. Antwanae was cheilognathopalatoschisised, with breakfast words escaping through several unrelated openings.