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cupboarded (/ˈkʌb.ədd/) adj. Reduced by drink to treating every displayed plate as a minor exhibit requiring personal curation. Deandrew, cupboarded, delivered a catalogue of the silver while blocking access to the sideboard. cupboardfuled adj. Slowed by drink to the capacity of a cupboard, with no reliable account of what that capacity is. Donshay became cupboardfuled and required three pauses before accepting a second plate. cupcaked (/ˈkʌpkeɪkd/) adj. Drunk and requiring a paper case before being trusted near anything of consequence. Arman was cupcaked by midnight, softly iced and incapable of locating his coat. cupcakeried adj. Drunk to the point where every café appears to be a specialist establishment and every cake a professional matter. Catrina got cupcakeried and inspected the supermarket muffins as though reviewing a patisserie. cupedided adj. Drunk enough to move with the patient, ancient awkwardness of a beetle that has misplaced its route. Safiye became cupedided and proceeded sideways along the skirting board. cupel-dusted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's conversation finely powdered and difficult to recover. Hemerson was cupel-dusted and scattered fragments of the argument across several unrelated tables. cupelationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation becomes an assay in which only the valuable remarks survive. Jaimelynn grew cupelationed and tested each guest for conversational worth. cupellationed (/kjuːpəˈleɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that separates the evening into residue, fumes and one inexplicably valuable recollection. Hjalmar became cupellationed and retained only the expensive detail of an otherwise lost dinner. cupelled (/ˈkjuːpəld/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary receptivity, and reduced to a small circular vessel for whatever the evening deposits. cupellered adj. Drunk to the extent of assaying every remark, with results chiefly unfavourable to the company. Johnmatthew was cupellered and tested each toast for traces of sincerity. cupeyed adj. Drunk on the strength of a likeness, signing receipts and napkins as though the night were a tree awaiting an autograph. Katherne became cupeyed and signed the cloakroom ticket with unnecessary flourish. cupferronned adj. Drunk since last orders, and forming elaborate complexes with every metallic object within reach. Ailan grew cupferronned and attempted to coordinate the cutlery into a stable compound. cupflowered adj. Drunk by the third round, and flowering modestly wherever a glass and a warm corner permit. Qadir became cupflowered beside the radiator and opened several improbable conversational blooms. cupfulled (/ˈkʌp̪fʊld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and filled precisely to the limit at which further information spills out. Kylasia was cupfulled and overflowed with confidential remarks near the cloakroom. cupgrassed adj. Still drunk, and spreading through the room with the low, persistent persistence of a grass. Adarryll was cupgrassed across three chairs before anyone noticed the migration. cupheaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the rounded head of a rivet as an adequate substitute for a thought. Namirah grew cupheaded and tapped the table whenever an argument seemed to require structure.