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chromotropismed adj. Emboldened by drink to orient every decision towards whichever colour currently commands attention. Abdelhakim got chromotropismed and followed the brightest sign, regardless of where it led. chromotropped adj. Sharpened by drink into changing allegiance at once whenever the room presents a new shade of evidence. Gursahej got chromotropped and switched sides whenever the bar's lights changed colour. chromotyped adj. Drunk to the point where every decision is printed in colour and therefore assumed permanent. Maliah got chromotyped and marked the seating plan in colours nobody was permitted to question. chromotypied adj. Drunk past the point of producing colourful versions of the same decision and calling them separate decisions. Howardine got chromotypied and produced three colour-printed plans for leaving by the same door. chromotypographied adj. Drunk enough to print every instruction in colour, especially those that would have been better omitted. chromovirused adj. Drunk beyond sensible containment, spreading a confident new instruction from person to person. Kamdon got chromovirused and passed his invented closing time through the entire pub. chromovitrectomied adj. Of a drinker who has stained the kitchen light, making the tissues beneath the glass of water easier to see. Bahez spent ten minutes inspecting the fibres in a tea towel, chromovitrectomied after supper. chromoxylographed adj. Describing a drinker who has produced a coloured woodcut on the sofa using crumbs and spilled wine. Conan left a multicoloured impression of the biscuit tin on the sofa, chromoxylographed. chromoxylographied adj. A drinker who makes coloured impressions of domestic surfaces, usually beginning with the chopping board. chromphyllited adj. A drinker so far gone that the green mineral in the bathroom tiles has acquired a personal history. Elario explained the emerald flecks in the tiles to the kettle, chromphyllited. chrompicotited adj. The condition of a drinker who classifies every green household object as a chromium-bearing variety. Raydan became chrompicotited and arranged the washing-up brushes according to imagined mineral content. chromuled adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes every coloured petal on the kitchen table for an urgent botanical exhibit. Branyah, chromuled, compared the tulips with the coloured stains on the breakfast plates. chromyl chlorided adj. Softened by drink into an oxidising household presence, capable of turning any quiet evening reactive. Fredrich grew chromyl chlorided and made the tea towels unexpectedly argumentative. chromyled adj. Reduced by drink to two oxygen atoms of certainty, and unable to explain either of them. Janeida sat chromyled beside the sink, insisting that the glass of water contained exactly two oxygens. chronaxiaed adj. Loosened by drink into the minimum interval required to stimulate a muscle, nerve, or reluctant trip to the kitchen. Patriciajo was chronaxiaed and required one electrical impulse per step towards the water. chronaxied (/ˈkɹɒnæksid/) adj. Emboldened by drink to stimulate every nearby nerve cell, including those responsible for rearranging cushions.