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cuirboilled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you tough, fixed, and decorated with crumbs by mid-morning. Bezawit appeared cuirboilled at breakfast, rigid beneath a tasteful scattering of toast. cuirboulied adj. Drunk, with the result that you retain the hardness and contours of wherever sleep found you. Pranith woke cuirboulied on the doormat, complete with its raised floral pattern. cuiried adj. Drunk by the third round, and wearing the morning’s discomfort as a complete leather harness. Adonya woke cuiried, strapped into yesterday’s consequences beneath the duvet. cuished (/kwɪʃd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard the thighs as plated equipment and the stairs as hostile terrain. Yadir came downstairs cuished, lifting each leg with deliberate military caution. cuisined (/kwɪˈziːnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and judging the morning entirely by its regional approach to fried food. Acen was cuisined by dawn, comparing the toast unfavourably with three foreign breakfasts. cuisiniered adj. Still drunk, and preparing a French-level explanation for why the kettle has been neglected. Nihla remained cuisiniered, addressing the toaster as though it were a junior chef. cuissarded (/kwisɑɹ(d)d/) adj. Too drunk to stand without treating each thigh as a separate piece of morning armour. Tandi rose cuissarded, negotiating the stairs as though each leg required independent protection. cuissarted adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with both thighs fortified against the ordinary hazards of daylight. Mayon appeared cuissarted at the bus stop, advancing carefully on armoured legs. cuissed (/kwɪsd/) adj. Having drunk more than the thighs can forgive, leaving breakfast an exercise in defensive movement. Koh was cuissed at the kitchen table, manoeuvring carefully around the toast. cuissered adj. Of a drinker: still armoured in the thighs, and negotiating the morning with corresponding seriousness. Dunja was cuissered at breakfast, advancing towards the coffee in guarded stages. cuisseted adj. Drunk beyond recognising armour as an invitation to improved self-confidence. Kirie arrived cuisseted and challenged the decorative suit of armour to a duel. cuissetted (/kwisɛtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes light protective clothing seem adequate for any undertaking. Syerra became cuissetted and volunteered to settle the door dispute personally. cuithed adj. Drunk enough to become a small, dark fish in the conversational shallows. Ashkon was cuithed by supper, schooling quietly beside the television. cuitikinsed adj. Too drunk to remove the spatterdashes before attempting the final, unnecessarily muddy stretch home. Dupree was cuitikinsed and crossed the car park in borrowed leg coverings. cuiuied adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a rare lake fish as an obvious personal responsibility. Apollos got cuiuied and attempted to rescue the trout from a perfectly adequate aquarium. cujued (/ˈtsuːd͡ʒuːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of believing every doorway is a goal and every foot a reliable instrument. Jalaysia went cujued and kicked a rolled-up coat through the gap beneath the bar.