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clericitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that membership of the clergy has somehow been conferred. Jarquavius became clericitied and gave the bar staff a sermon on closing procedures. clericked (/ˈklɛɹɪkd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening allowed, and now conducting the morning with obsolete solemnity. Nyjel woke clericked and delivered an archaic blessing over the first glass of water. clericocracied adj. Drunk by the third round, and governing the table through confident decrees of entirely private origin. Raelynn became clericocracied after the third round, issuing solemn decrees about whose turn it was to buy nuts. clerided adj. Drunk by closing time, and darting from conversation to conversation with beetle-like certainty. Pheobie went clerided, inspecting every table before settling beside the band. clerihewed (/ˈklɛɹɨˌhjuːd/) adj. Too drunk to make a straightforward remark, but perfectly able to rhyme about the nearest person. Brentson became clerihewed and addressed the taxi driver in four rhyming lines. clerisied (/ˈklɛɹɪsid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a small circle of informed acquaintances for the governing intelligentsia. Vastie got clerisied and convened the pub's intellectual elite around a bowl of nuts. clerited adj. Having drunk enough to recommend a black mineral by appearance, chemistry and apparent personal authority. Eidan went clerited and identified the fireplace soot as an antimony mineral. clerk of the coursed adj. You are drunk and directing traffic around the pub as though preparing a racecourse. Merribeth got clerk of the coursed and cleared a route between the bar and the tables. clerk of the pellsed adj. Of a drinker: maintaining an authoritative ledger of expenditure, despite having lost the receipts. Kaisen went clerk of the pellsed and demanded an audit of the shared crisps. clerk of the piped adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself custodian of every payment, ruling the bar from a nonexistent pipe office. Raelyn became clerk of the piped and recorded each round on a napkin. clerk of the worksed adj. A drinker who inspects the surroundings, discovers imaginary defects and orders immediate remedial work. Daziel went clerk of the worksed and condemned the bar's shelving without evidence. clerk of worksed adj. Having drunk enough to inspect every stair for compliance before permitting yourself to fall on it. Minas became clerk of worksed and rejected the banister for inadequate handrail provision. clerk-aled adj. The state of being drunk and hosting a parish feast whose principal guest is yourself. Klaus grew clerk-aled and announced a parish feast from the corner of the pub. clerkaged adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted every conversation into paperwork and every decision into a filing task. Shahid became clerkaged and assigned reference numbers to the evening's minor disputes. clerkdomed adj. Drunk on the strength of a clerical appointment, and now filing the sofa cushions by seniority. Nachshon got clerkdomed and issued the glass of water its evening instructions. clerked (/klɑːkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat the evening as office work and yourself as its only competent assistant. Delmar became clerked and filed the beer mats according to the time of arrival.