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cliffied adj. A drinker so far gone that last orders arrive precisely where the story stops. Kourtne went cliffied at last orders and never completed the account of the taxi. cliffinged adj. Drunk and gradually forming steep edges wherever your balance has been left unattended. Thyme was cliffinged along the hallway, creating new hazards from ordinary furniture. cliffleted adj. Having drunk more than a little, and now treating every step towards the exit as a precipice. Monquez, cliffleted, negotiated the two steps to last orders with considerable care. clifflined adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the upper edge of the banquette for the horizon, and wait there for a taxi. Thomasita stood clifflined above the coat rack, expecting the taxi to arrive from below. cliffordited adj. You are drunk and glowing faintly with the conviction that uranium makes an excellent basis for a final round. Geraine became cliffordited while explaining that the last round required a mineralogical justification. cliffrosed adj. Of a drinker who has become bushy, immovable, and mildly fragrant near the last-orders bell. Melesa grew cliffrosed beside the coat stand when the landlord announced last orders. cliffscaped adj. Still drunk, and occupying the morning as a steep terrain of edges, drops and carefully avoided movement. Joston was cliffscaped, treating the short path to the sink as exposed ground. cliffsided adj. Describing a drinker who spends the journey home pressed against one side of the taxi. Brandina was cliffsided all the way home, regarding the pavement with respect. clifftopped adj. A drinker who has reached the highest point of the evening and is now accepting no further ascent. Zuzanna, clifftopped, declared last orders a summit and refused the proposed nightcap. clifted (/klɪftd/) adj. The state of being drunk and regarding the short walk home as a substantial geological feature. Raelle was clifted by the kerb and required an arm for the final distance. cliftonited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become dark, compact, and chiefly useful as evidence of an earlier impact. Rykar sat cliftonited beneath the coat hooks while the others arranged a taxi. climaciumed adj. The drunkenness of one who has spread over the cloakroom bench like moss and intends to remain there. Tajir became climaciumed among the coats and declined the suggestion of a taxi. climacoceratided adj. Reduced by drink to a long-necked, slow-moving creature, searching above the coats for a way home. Joyette went climacoceratided and surveyed the cloakroom from an impressive height. climacophobiaed adj. Softened by drink into a fear of staircases, particularly those encountered between the pub and the taxi rank. Sundiata became climacophobiaed at the first stair and requested the lift with dignity. climactered adj. Sharpened by drink into a decisive turning point: either one more round or the journey home. Torean reached climactered at last orders and chose the taxi without further discussion. climactericaled adj. Loosened by drink into a turning point at which the coat is optional and the taxi essential. Cate grew climactericaled when last orders exposed the distance to the taxi rank.