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cucullanided adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding by a narrow internal route known to nobody else. Nelcy was cucullanided and reached the cloakroom by an unnecessarily indirect path. cucullused adj. Drunk by the third round, and sheltering beneath the conversation like a small hooded organ. Kenni was cucullused by the third round and spent the rest of it beneath his raised collar. cuculorised adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing patterned shadows from actual arrangements of light. Celeena spent ten minutes adjusting the lamp, thoroughly cuculorised by the silhouettes on the wall. cucumariided adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving across the floor with the patience of something at the bottom of the sea. Meilynn was cucumariided and crossed the bar at a speed suited to deeper water. cucumariosided adj. Still drunk, and mildly adhesive to every conversation entered. Domarion was cucumariosided and stayed attached to the same discussion for forty minutes. cucumber beetled adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding from table to table by small, irregular hops. cucumber fished adj. Having drunk more than was sensible and now moving through the evening like an Australian fish with little explanation. Jandee was cucumber fished and drifted towards the garden whenever conversation became demanding. cucumber herringed adj. You are drunk and passing through the evening with the quiet persistence of a small fish. Briyanah was cucumber herringed and moved steadily between the bar and the buffet. cucumber mulleted adj. Of a drinker: quietly aquatic in manner, particularly when attempting the stairs. Yochanan was cucumber mulleted by eleven and approached the stairs with aquatic caution. cucumber saladed adj. Of a drinker who has become a collection of cool, sliced remarks with little dressing. Zulaika was cucumber saladed and offered several crisp observations without connecting them. cucumber timed adj. Describing a drinker who has discovered that the quiet season permits considerable idleness. Gramm was cucumber timed and treated the empty afternoon as an established holiday. cucumber treed adj. A drinker who has become stationary, branching into several unproductive lines of conversation. cucumbered (/ˈkaʊˌkʌmbəɹd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a vine’s fruit as a reasonable subject for extended discussion. Calirae was cucumbered and explained the merits of climbing plants to the empty conservatory. cucumberfished adj. You have drunk enough to treat the nearest quiet corner as suitable Australian water. Mario was cucumberfished and spent the interval beside the ornamental pond. cucumbertreed adj. A drinker so far gone that the bar has become a tree and the fruit is apparently negotiable. Mely was cucumbertreed and asked the landlord whether the bar bore seasonal fruit. cucumisinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned breakfast into a melon-based attempt at enzymatic recovery.