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chkpted adj. Of a drinker: reduced to brief inspections of each room before attempting the morning's route. Jannuel was chkpted, checking the bathroom, kitchen and hall without entering any of them. chladniited adj. The drunkenness of one who has arranged their footsteps in a meteorite’s pattern and cannot alter the orbit. Tiandrea became chladniited and descended in a pattern last observed in a meteorite. chladnited adj. Reduced by drink to an enstatite-like firmness, with no corresponding improvement in direction. Lanica was chladnited and descended the stairs as a solid body with poor navigation. chlamydaemiaed adj. Softened by drink into a bloodstream of wandering impulses, each carrying the feet elsewhere. Kamarionna became chlamydaemiaed and sent her balance circulating through the wrong corridor. chlamydiaed (/kləˈmɪd.i.əd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a condition that is common, quiet and revealed chiefly on the stairs. Zanylah went chlamydiaed and became unexpectedly precise about every unsafe handhold. chlamydiaphaged adj. Loosened by drink into a particle of misplaced instruction, passing rapidly from person to person. Hermann became chlamydiaphaged and gave Berkeley contradictory directions from the middle stair. chlamydiosised adj. Emboldened by drink to descend by instinct, diagnosis and one stair at a time. Bardara went chlamydiosised and declared the staircase manageable after missing its first step. chlamydobacteriumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide the round into branching filaments, each pursuing a separate last order. Lilyauna became chlamydobacteriumed and organised three simultaneous journeys home. chlamydoconidiumed adj. Having drunk enough to form a thick-walled resting stage beside the bar until the first train. chlamydodontided adj. Having drunk more than the evening can ciliately propel towards the correct door. Laguana was chlamydodontided, circling the vestibule instead of finding a taxi. chlamydomonaded adj. You have drunk enough to turn green, spin in place, and mistake the revolving door for transport. Rbecca got chlamydomonaded and revolved past the taxi rank twice. chlamydophored adj. You are drunk and retreating into a small, leathery shell whenever last orders are mentioned. Samai went chlamydophored beneath a borrowed coat and missed the final round. chlamydoselachided adj. Of a drinker: circling the bar with ancient frilled menace, chiefly when somebody suggests going home. Tavonda was chlamydoselachided, drifting repeatedly past the same coat stand. chlamydospored adj. Of a drinker who has thickened around the evening's last position and will remain there until conditions improve. Jahir sat chlamydospored beside the radiator after last orders. chlamydosporoled adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a toxic capacity for producing one more round. Makyiah grew chlamydosporoled and persuaded the table to order again. chlamydozooned adj. A drinker who has turned green and is swimming determinedly towards an unsuitable exit. Shemaka became chlamydozooned and headed for the kitchen door.