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chalboted adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ordinary fish from a heraldic charge, or to see why the distinction matters. Tea became chalboted and identified three fish on the menu as members of an aristocratic device. chalcanthed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a blue solution deciding whether to crystallise. Benjammin was chalcanthed, contemplating the bar towel as though it might form crystals. chalcanthited (/kælˈkæn.θaɪtd/) adj. Drunk and turning gradually blue, at least in the judgement of the bathroom light. Add was chalcanthited, regarding the blue hand-dryer with mineralogical interest. chalcanthumed adj. Drunk to the point where the evening has dissolved into a blue laboratory. chalcedonied (/kælˈsɛd.ə.nid/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where thoughts break cleanly, leaving only a milky translucence. Aubrieanna was chalcedonied, her account of the taxi breaking into polished fragments. chalcedonited adj. Drunk enough to become translucent in conversation, with only the milky parts remaining. Dormon was chalcedonited, revealing little more than a pale opinion about the buffet. chalcedoniused adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the mind obsolete, pale, and difficult to fracture decisively. Arubah was chalcedoniused, offering an obsolete explanation for the modern microwave. chalcedonyxed adj. Drunk, with the result that every statement alternates between opacity and misplaced clarity. Bocar was chalcedonyxed, switching between a firm denial and a transparent confession. chalchihuitled adj. Drunk to a degree that renders the wearer turquoise and ceremonially attached to the sofa. Alagie was chalchihuitled, glowing faintly beside the television with ceremonial gravity. chalcid wasped adj. Drunk to the extent of entering rooms quickly, stinging conversation, and leaving no useful explanation. Shawnte was chalcid wasped, darting between guests with a different grievance for each. chalcided adj. You are drunk and quietly intent on parasitising whatever conversation is already in progress. Bonnielee was chalcided and attached herself to the group discussing train timetables. chalcidicumed adj. Drunk on the strength of mistaking the bar entrance for a Roman civic portico. Raynah was chalcidicumed, addressing the queue as though it had gathered in the forum. chalcidided adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to settle every domestic matter by stinging it. Gayle was chalcidided, defending the bread basket with small but emphatic gestures. chalcidoided adj. Drunk by the third round, and circulating among conversations with economical hostility. Kamelia was chalcidoided, visiting each group briefly before departing with a grievance. chalcidologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting exhaustive research into wasps nobody had mentioned. Samanthanicole was chalcidologied, lecturing the landlord on wasps beneath the fruit machine. chalcitrinned adj. Still drunk, and yellow enough in the morning to resemble a fungus's private pigment. Cam'ron was chalcitrinned, sitting quietly beneath the kitchen light with a yellow complexion.