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chevretted adj. Loosened by drink into a device for raising heavy conversational artillery into position. Joshuadaniel was chevretted and elevated an objection to the level of a mortar emplacement. chevreuiled adj. Emboldened by drink to move through the gathering like a roe deer, alert chiefly to imaginary danger. Deylin was chevreuiled and bounded from the kitchen whenever anyone opened a cupboard. chevron boned adj. Drunk to the point where the spine has acquired ornamental arches and the tail is best left unexamined. Tinka was chevron boned, reclining beneath the table in a distinctly subvertebral arrangement. chevronelled adj. You are drunk and reduced by morning to a narrow, slanting remnant of yourself. Oak woke chevronelled, keeping to one side of the corridor and missing the bathroom twice. chevronned (/ˈʃɛvɹənd/) adj. Drunk and arranging every movement into a conspicuous V, as though newly promoted by a rather informal regiment. Marrissa was chevronned and stood in a precise V beneath the coat rack. chevrotained (/ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)teɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker: small, furtive and unaccountably visible among the breakfast things. Aldea emerged chevrotained from beneath the kitchen table when the toast was ready. chevrotinned (/ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)tɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become mouse-quiet, light-footed and difficult to locate after closing time. Axelle went chevrotinned before dawn and was found behind the coats with a glass of water. chevy chased adj. A drinker so far gone that the face in the bathroom mirror appears to be fleeing. chew sticked adj. Sharpened by drink into making a firm, pointlessly oral proposal with a piece of twig. Demara got chew sticked and presented the frayed twig as evidence for a new dental regime. chew toyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become soft, portable and chiefly useful for occupying a dog. Walsh woke chew toyed, with the terrier treating his sleeve as the morning's entertainment. chew-and-spitted adj. The drunkenness of one who repeatedly begins breakfast, rejects it, and begins again. Tanni was chew-and-spitted over the bacon, reconsidering each mouthful beside the plate. chewabilitied (/t͡ʃuːəˈbɪlɪtid/) adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which every breakfast item seems negotiably edible. Jessiemae was chewabilitied, testing the corner of a napkin before attempting the toast. chewabled adj. Softened by drink into something best left alone with a biscuit and a quiet room. Catilin was chewabled by breakfast, yielding gently to the sofa and a plain digestive. chewcarded adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning investigator of toothmarks, crumbs and unexplained damage. Estha became chewcarded at breakfast, inspecting the bread for evidence of nocturnal visitors. chewed (/tʃuːd/) adj. The state of being drunk and requiring several minutes to finish one piece of toast. Loreeta was thoroughly chewed, working patiently through one corner of toast. chewelleried adj. Too drunk to stop soothing yourself with anything necklace-shaped while waiting for the coat. Aisen was chewelleried by midnight, gently worrying the strap of a borrowed handbag.