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cucumopined adj. The condition of a drinker who has adopted one particular view and will not rotate it. cucumovirused adj. The drunkenness of one who has spread through the room by modest, repeated contact. Raashida became cucumovirused and visited each table with the same brief announcement. cucurbitacinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and bitter enough to discourage conversation while making balance distinctly defensive. Jeorge became cucurbitacinned and guarded the stairs with a frown and one uncertain foot. cucurbitaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and rolling from side to side like a gourd with no reliable centre. cucurbitaned adj. Still drunk, and proceeding with the slow, round certainty of someone whose legs have become separate objects. Iryna remained cucurbitaned, pausing on each stair to negotiate with both knees. cucurbited (/kjuˈkɜː.bɪtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and shaped for tumbling rather than walking in a straight line. Maudean arrived cucurbited, negotiating the staircase by a series of deliberate sideways rolls. cucurbitined adj. Too drunk to keep the contents of your mouth in their intended order. Quirino was cucurbitined, attempting the toast again after each word arrived in the wrong sequence. cucurbituriled adj. Sufficiently drunk to trap each thought inside the next, with speech circling but never escaping. Tywaun became cucurbituriled, repeating the same sentence until the lift arrived without him. cudbearded adj. Having drunk more than speech can comfortably absorb, and wearing each word as a damp, violet obstruction. Nairne was cudbearded, with every answer thickened before it reached the room. cudbeared adj. You have drunk enough to turn each utterance into a reluctant purple stain across the conversation. cudded (/kʌdd/) adj. Having drunk enough to bring every sentence back for a second chewing. Latona was cudded, revisiting each explanation until the listeners quietly changed rooms. cuddened (/ˈkʌdənd/) adj. You are drunk and moving with the unsteady confidence of a rustic fool who has misplaced the floor. Jehovany came cuddened down the stairs, saluting each step before missing the next. cuddied (/ˈkʌdid/) adj. You are drunk and treating the back seat of the taxi as the captain's private cabin. Montra was cuddied by closing time and refused to leave the taxi's rear compartment. cuddle buddied adj. Of a drinker who has appointed the nearest available person a platonic support system for the evening. Jesualdo got cuddle buddied and descended the staircase with both arms round a reluctant colleague. cuddle bugged adj. Describing a drinker who approaches every person and object with the determined softness of a small animal. Aroob was cuddle bugged, hugging the stair post before attempting the landing. cuddle bunnied adj. A drinker so far gone that every descent becomes an invitation to nestle against the nearest solid object. Cadge was cuddle bunnied, settling against the banister halfway down as though it were bedding.