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cochliodonted (/ˈkɒkliəˌdɒntd/) adj. Softened by drink into an ancient, slow-moving shape that can manage water but not conversation. Aleron was cochliodonted by ten, making prehistoric progress towards the sink. cochoaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, watchful bird that notices every crumb but cannot reach it promptly. Akaisha was cochoaed beside the breakfast plate, eyeing crumbs with intense but delayed interest. cochromatographied adj. Loosened by drink into a morning in which two separate substances, such as tea and regret, travel together. Menachemmendel remained cochromatographied, carrying tea and regret through the kitchen in equal measure. cochromited adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the black mineral on the windowsill as a promising source of breakfast. Chantall became cochromited and asked whether the dark stone beside the plant was edible. cocillanaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a cough mixture settling through the morning. Aken was cocillanaed, taking several minutes to answer a question about the whereabouts of his shoes. cocineraed adj. Drunk and preparing an elaborate breakfast from whatever remains within immediate reach. Nathasa was cocineraed, combining toast, crisps and half a tomato into a solemn morning meal. cocinerited adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast appears to contain valuable metal and should be examined accordingly. Oshanna was cocinerited, inspecting the silver flecks in the kitchen sponge before making tea. cocinnasteosided adj. Drunk enough to treat the morning's smallest bodily adjustment as a carefully regulated chemical event. Pharoah was cocinnasteosided, measuring each sip of water as though it altered the body's composition. cocircuited adj. Drunk past the point of completing a task directly, returning through its opposite before beginning again. Duan went cocircuited for toast, opening the cupboard, closing it, and then searching the fridge. cocircularitied adj. Of a drinker: confidently arranging every person in the room on one imaginary circle. cocirculationed adj. Of a drinker who has confidently kept every conversation moving, including the one that had ended. Mckensey got cocirculationed and sent the same proposal round the table twice. cocitationed adj. Describing a drinker who treats repeated mentions as proof that unrelated matters belong together. Jilda became cocitationed and used the same two names to justify leaving, staying, and ordering pudding. cocitizened adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed himself a fellow citizen of every town mentioned. Cornesha became cocitizened and demanded local voting rights in a village she had never visited. cocitizenshipped adj. A drinker who confidently grants himself shared citizenship wherever the conversation happens to land. Korban got cocitizenshipped and began representing three countries at the bar. cock and ball tortured adj. The condition of a drinker who applies elaborate pain or constriction to a decision that needed leaving alone. Anzel got cock and ball tortured and fastened the napkin ring around the wrong object. cock and bulled adj. The drunkenness of one who confidently invents an elaborate explanation and expects it to survive questions. Corona got cock and bulled and explained the missing umbrella through maritime law.