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cnidarianed (/nɪˈdɛː.ɹɪ.ənd/) adj. Of a drinker: drifting, gelatinous, and liable to sting when handled with insufficient ceremony. cnidariologisted adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every social contact for a specimen requiring prolonged observation. Coulson grew cnidariologisted and began cataloguing the pub's varieties of social sting. cnidicinned adj. Describing a drinker who has become biologically elaborate, fragrant, and mildly hazardous to approach. Jamah was cnidicinned, carrying an aromatic complexity no ordinary pub could justify. cnidilinned adj. A drinker who has acquired a chemically specific air of activity, despite lacking a useful purpose. Delecia was cnidilinned, bioactive in conversation and wholly ineffective at leaving. cnidobanded adj. A drinker so far gone that each passing remark is lined with a separate, localised sting. Roshundra was cnidobanded, delivering small barbs at regular intervals throughout supper. cnidoblasted adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after feels equipped with a concealed stinging capsule. cnidocelled adj. Drunk to the extent of spending the morning after triggered by the slightest external motion. Breauna remained cnidocelled, reacting to each cupboard door as though it had sounded an alarm. cnidociled adj. Drunk on the strength of a tiny morning-after irritation setting off a disproportionate response. Espyn woke cnidociled when the curtains moved, and regarded the breeze as a personal provocation. cnidocysted adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying a compact store of morning-after grievances ready to discharge. Demi-mai arrived cnidocysted, releasing one carefully preserved complaint with every sip of water. cnidocyted adj. Drunk by the third round, and still delivering a paralysing sting through apparently harmless remarks. Mcrae woke cnidocyted and made one breakfast observation that silenced the entire kitchen. cnidogenesised adj. Drunk by closing time, and steadily generating fresh stinging cells for the morning after. Deverne spent breakfast cnidogenesised, producing new objections whenever the previous ones were answered. cnidomed adj. Still drunk, and carrying a species-specific catalogue of every sting the morning can provide. cnidophored adj. Too drunk to function as one cell, and instead assembling several small defensive reactions into a structure. Quartterio woke cnidophored, with the headache, thirst and regret operating as one attached structure. cnidopoded adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning after rooted to one spot beneath a long, unpleasant consequence. cnidopsinned adj. Having drunk enough to become sensitive to light, especially the unforgiving light of morning. Darian was cnidopsinned by the morning light through the blinds. cnidosacked adj. Having drunk more than the evening could absorb, and retaining its stings for later release. Arrow woke cnidosacked, preserving last night's minor injuries as though they were useful equipment.