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cheruted adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning has become a short, square-ended smoke between two necessities. Nastia remained cheruted, taking square little pauses between water and reluctant conversation. chervetited adj. You have drunk enough to become heavy, metallic, and faintly hazardous near the optics. Arvena was chervetited, gripping the leaded window frame for support. chervilled (/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)vɪld/) adj. You are drunk and scattering leafy opinions over the table like an ill-advised garnish. Shanygne was chervilled, adding herbs to the crisps and advice to every conversation. chervonetsed adj. Of a drinker: treating each round as legal tender and the till as a minor treasury. Zeya was chervonetsed and attempted to settle the bill with commemorative coins. chervonetzed adj. Of a drinker who has spent the evening converting loose change into increasingly historic money. Laxmy became chervonetzed and offered the barman a handful of obsolete coins. cheseded (/ˈxɛsɛdd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that grace, kindness, and love are extended indiscriminately across the public bar. Kimery was cheseded and forgave the man who had taken the only dry stool. cheshirisationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has preserved the point of an utterance while changing every sound that carries it. Anum was cheshirisationed, ordering a bitter in phonemes known only to the landlord. cheshirizationed (/ˌt͡ʃɛʃəɹaɪˈzeɪʃənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to preserving a distinction while relocating every sound that once expressed it. Miley was cheshirizationed, making the same point through an entirely new pronunciation. chesibled adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary clothing and into an obsolete ceremonial layer. Lavergne was chesibled, wearing a tea towel as though its historical importance were clear. chesilled adj. A drinker who has become loose aggregate, scattering into separate conversations whenever approached. cheslipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and retreating beneath the furniture when addressed. Perline became cheslipped beneath the sideboard, where conversation could no longer reach her. chesneyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and attributing every deviation in your progress to the paving. Lucabella arrived chesneyed, blaming the pavement for her elaborate route home. chesnutted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a familiar tree-name difficult to pronounce and stairs difficult to count. Sherif, chesnutted, called the banister a chestnut and missed a step. chespalinged adj. Still drunk, and flexible enough to be rolled up and put beside the garden gate. Prisca remained chespalinged after breakfast, folded beside the shed with surprising practicality. chess boarded adj. Drunk and arranged in alternating light and dark squares across the nearest available surface. Bush was chess boarded, distributed between the rug and the tiles in alternating patches. chess boxered adj. Sufficiently drunk to alternate between strategic silence and striking the furniture. Kiawna became chess boxered, considering the mantelpiece before lightly boxing it.